RE: No reason justifies disbelief.
March 23, 2019 at 8:01 am
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2019 at 8:01 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Quote:In other words, I don't think most of our existential beliefs are based on scientific observation. My view is quite different-- we have a collection of experiences, and we categorize and systematize them in order to communicate or to look for useful patterns.
Isn't that the essence of scientific observation? If I put a book on my desk 1000 times, and both the book and the desk behave the same way each time, I can reasonably make the empirically-based conclusion as to what will happen the 1001st time.
Experience, categorizing and systemization for useful patters is exactly what happens when we move from hypotheses through testing to theories.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson