RE: Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
April 22, 2018 at 9:15 pm
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2018 at 9:27 pm by RoadRunner79.)
(April 22, 2018 at 9:09 pm)Hammy Wrote:(April 22, 2018 at 9:05 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: The problem is that you keep thinking that we are saying the same thing, but you seem to be saying a lot more. All I said, was thet I don’t believe in fire breathing dragons. The rest you added.
Because you keep ignoring me. I asked you: Do you not believe that fire-breathing dragons are improbable?
If by improbable, you mean that I have an a priori bias, which leads me to ignore any evidence or reason for such things, then no... I wouldn’t agree.
I do disagree however; with the extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence crap you keep repeating. There is no epistemic reason for such a statement, or to shift the goal posts in such a way.
In case it’s unclear; I wouldn’t say that fire breathing dragons are improbable. I don’t think that would be the correct word, or could lead people to be confused by what I meant. I just stick with I do not have sufficient reason, testimony or other evidence to believe that they exists.
There is probably a reason that I find no one saying that there is.
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If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
