(March 3, 2015 at 10:11 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: I also posed a question about coral castle to reality salesman which he conveniently ignored.
I'm outnumbered, what's your guys excuse?
My excuse, if I am obligated to produce one, is that I was unable to distinguish your question from a rhetorical one. But if there's even a chance that you honestly care about my answer, here it is...are you ready?...I don't know.
Just as I admitted that I was not Krauss and could not produce the proofs myself that justify his claims, just like I can't explain the pyramids, just as I can't prove to you in this moment that the world is round. Here's where you and I will not see eye to eye...
I assign confidence in by beliefs that are proportional to the evidence. First hand demonstrable evidence holds more sway than that which I cannot personally verify as a result of one shortcoming or another. I cannot explain the architectural composition of your coral castle, but I can see that it is comprised entirely of natural materials. So, while I cannot and would not claim to give you instructions on how to build one, I can reasonably conclude that a natural explanation exists. It seems you are content on accepting Magic. We all depend on deference in our understanding of the world and it is through our mutual deference that we are able to enjoy the contributions of one another.
There is no point that a supernatural explanation becomes a more reasonable explanation for any example of a thing that either one of us cannot comprehend or personally explain. Arguing from ignorance keeps you ignorant. I said that your old book did not hold the answers to the origins of the universe. You then thought that you were right about your conclusion if you could get me to admit that people of an older generation were capable of doing something that I didn't understand, well...you've mistaken. That is not what was demonstrated and the reason I didn't answer your "question" was because it seemed stupid. So...there ya go. I hope it was worth the wait.
