RE: "Why not a proof/Sign/indication" - challenge and various responses to it in Quran.
November 17, 2017 at 8:21 pm
(November 17, 2017 at 5:55 am)AtlasS33 Wrote:(November 17, 2017 at 4:00 am)Aoi Magi Wrote: Atlas, what you take as proof or evidence can be biased, right? We tend to ignore viable explanations if they don't match our preconceived notions, and it's not just you but even the best scientific minds on this planet are susceptible to this, and that's why the need of peer review or getting others to fact-check your ideas exist. Saying someone won't believe your idea just because they are closed minded doesn't validate your idea rather it shows a lack of proper evidence on your part.
Also regarding your argument, let's say i make some assertions like
The blue sky and oceans are proof of Krishna. Thunder and lightning are irrefutable evidence for Indra, but you won't believe this evidence because you are a non-believer in Hinduism.
Do you think just because I made these assertions, Hinduism has been proved?
Peer reviews of one's conclusions is a correct thing Magi; but even the jury that might produce these studies is not quite "unbiased".
Eventually it comes to you and listening to your inner voice.
That's not how peer review works. If scientist x makes an observation, it doesn't count as evidence if scientist y can't make the same observation. If scientist x obtains data from an experiment, that data - even if it's accurate - must be discounted if scientist y can't reproduce the experiment.
Scientists are just as biased as everyone else; but the scientific method is deliberatly designed to reduce or even remove those biases as much as is possible.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
