(September 7, 2011 at 7:10 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Sounds like a claim of absolute certainty. It's probably more appropriate to say that you have no such evidence, and are currently at a loss as to how to provide such evidence.
It is a claim of absolute certainty. I have no evidence and nobody else does either, so I can't produce what doesn't exist.
Quote:That being said, I've had dreams, many people report dreams. Ponies don't sound too far fetched do they.
It doesn't sound far-fetched? How can this be? You said you base your entire worldview on evidence. There simply isn't a shred of evidence for it. People report all sorts of shit, so that's no help.
No evidence, no pony.
Quote:I definitely don't have any evidence to the contrary.
You have no evidence, period. None.
Quote:There doesn't seem to be anything in this statement that is so far fetched as to require verification
There is nothing far fetched about something for which there is not a shred of evidence that it even exists? Explain.
Quote:PS: I don't think any of this means what you think it means, or supports some argument that you're going to attempt to make anyway.
Heh. I assure you this means what I think it means and supports my argument coming and going. Let's just walk it through without assuming where it's going.