(July 9, 2019 at 11:28 am)vulcanlogician Wrote:(July 9, 2019 at 10:13 am)wyzas Wrote: You may consider it an honest answer but I'm not convinced. How many unsupported propositions (no evidence) am I supposed to consider before I take a position more than maybe/maybe not?
The fact is, I don't have any reason to believe in Russell's teapot. So I don't believe it's there. But I cannot honestly say it's not there either. That's a claim: Russel's teapot is not there. If I'm going to make a claim, I need to support it. I can't do that. Therefore, if I am going to be honest concerning my claims, I will never say I know it's not there. I can say there is no reason to believe it. I can even add that it's absurd to believe a miniature teapot orbits the sun. But I can't say it's not there. That's knowledge I don't have.
But that's just it, Russell's teapot is not your idea, not your original claim, the proof is on the other. It's OK to say "I don't know what's there", but I/you don't need to indulge the ideation of the teapot.
But you be you. I'm certainly not going to give even passing/neutral credence (the maybe) to a fantasy proposition.
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
