RE: No reason justifies disbelief.
March 24, 2019 at 10:37 pm
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2019 at 10:44 pm by bennyboy.)
(March 24, 2019 at 9:47 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: In any case, hasn't and can't are not interchangeable. I still wonder why you think this, and why/how you think you know this
This is a very common logical fallacy made in the name of science, and we've already talked about it. No number of scientific discoveries provide evidence that science is well-suited to solve a particular new problem-- unless problems of a similar category have already been solved.
"I believe we will find a way to cure cancer" is pretty reasonable. We've cured some diseases, and we are able to observe and interact with cancer.
"I believe science will eventually explain exactly why there is mind in the universe" is not reasonable. There's nothing like mind, and because we are talking about bridging the gap between subjective and objective frameworks, and not having done so before, we have no good reason to believe that it can be done through material observation and inference.
"We haven't found what caused the Big Bang. . . yet" is not reasonable, either, for the same reason. Solving some problems would require an observational perspective to which we don't have access, and we have no particularly compelling reason to believe that any scientific discovery would allow us to attain that perspective.
Sure, maybe some clever clogs WILL bridge the gap between mind and matter-- but there's no evidence yet that this is possible.
Some young Einstein MIGHT conceivably find a way to observe our Universe from a new perspective-- but there's no evidence yet that this is possible.
Jesus MIGHT conceivably fly down from the heavens and save humanity-- but there's no evidence that this is possible.