In Reply to: Re: Well,show us a testable, verifiable proof posted by tomservo on June 25, 2006 at 07:44:32:
"With one exception, they were all pretty unsure, they took the position that unless something could be proved one way or the other, that that was a door which remained open a crack, including the idea of God."When they do that, they take off their scientist hats and become the same frightened primitives who sat around a campfire 20,000 years ago looking up at the sky, wondering what it was all about, and scared of death. There is a big difference between the unknown and the unknowable. Once you understand that and that eventually all of the pieces will fall into place and our knowledge of how ribosomes and everything else could have evolved by itself, the door will slam tightly shut and lock out ignorance and absurd speculation masquerading as truth forever. It's a true believer's worst nightmare. That's why they had the Inquisition, to stave off that eventuality and that's why they hate Galileo to this day 500 years after his death. It's also why people who buy and sell expensive audio cables hate even the talk of double blind tests.
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- Re: Well,show us a testable, verifiable proof - Soundmind 08:38:17 06/25/06 (4)
- Re: Well,show us a testable, verifiable proof - tomservo 10:40:35 06/25/06 (3)
- Re: Well,show us a testable, verifiable proof - Soundmind 12:28:44 06/25/06 (2)
- Re: Well,show us a testable, verifiable proof - tomservo 13:20:35 06/25/06 (1)
- This discussion is NOT suitable for this forum. I'd be happy to take it up further "Outside" where it's appropriate nt - Soundmind 15:27:07 06/25/06 (0)