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RE: Indoctrination
January 22, 2022 at 1:17 pm
Exactly the sort of thing superstitious people commonly describe- which is why I don’t buy faith in questions of evidence.
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RE: Indoctrination
January 22, 2022 at 1:20 pm
Supernatural is a null term, if a thing exists in nature it's natural (discounting un natural things like dynamo's and cruise ships)
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RE: Indoctrination
January 22, 2022 at 5:54 pm
(January 22, 2022 at 1:10 pm)Ahriman Wrote: What if a person has an extra-sensory (beyond 5 senses) experience in a way that can be measured using scientific tools, would you consider that evidence for something supernatural?
That's an easy one. I'll flip a coin 100 times, recording the exact sequence of heads/tails. You, via your extrasensory ability, email me the outcome (especially, in advance); we'll compare.
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RE: Indoctrination
January 22, 2022 at 5:59 pm
(January 22, 2022 at 5:54 pm)Jehanne Wrote: (January 22, 2022 at 1:10 pm)Ahriman Wrote: What if a person has an extra-sensory (beyond 5 senses) experience in a way that can be measured using scientific tools, would you consider that evidence for something supernatural?
That's an easy one. I'll flip a coin 100 times, recording the exact sequence of heads/tails. You, via your extrasensory ability, email me the outcome (especially, in advance); we'll compare. Yeah that's not at all how that works.
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RE: Indoctrination
January 22, 2022 at 6:14 pm
(January 22, 2022 at 1:36 am)Astreja Wrote: No evidence for gods that's up to our standards.
(January 22, 2022 at 8:16 am)Ahriman Wrote: Nah, there's got to be more to it than that.
How so? What could be more substantial than a life-long total inability to accept any supernatural/religious claims because they all seem too fucking childish and silly to me? Or to put it another way, why should I make even the slightest attempt to convince myself that arrant nonsense isn't nonsense, but "The Truth™"?
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RE: Indoctrination
January 22, 2022 at 6:16 pm
(January 22, 2022 at 5:59 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (January 22, 2022 at 5:54 pm)Jehanne Wrote: That's an easy one. I'll flip a coin 100 times, recording the exact sequence of heads/tails. You, via your extrasensory ability, email me the outcome (especially, in advance); we'll compare. Yeah that's not at all how that works.
Okay. How exactly does it work?
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RE: Indoctrination
January 22, 2022 at 6:26 pm
(January 22, 2022 at 6:16 pm)Angrboda Wrote: (January 22, 2022 at 5:59 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Yeah that's not at all how that works.
Okay. How exactly does it work? If a person's brain patterns show that they are having a supernatural experience, then you know what, they are having a supernatural experience. It's all in the mind.
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RE: Indoctrination
January 22, 2022 at 6:56 pm
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Quote:If a person's brain patterns show that they are having a supernatural experience, then you know what, they are having a supernatural experience. It's all in the mind.
How the hell would you determine that it's supernatural? 
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RE: Indoctrination
January 22, 2022 at 7:11 pm
I don't even want to know.
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RE: Indoctrination
January 23, 2022 at 1:04 am
(January 22, 2022 at 7:11 pm)Angrboda Wrote: I don't even want to know.
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