Mon 2 Jun, 2014 04:31 am - [quote]There is absolutely NO WAY whatever that anyone can be certain that the world is not an illusion.[/quote]
And why is it not a problem that some people are worried by this?
[quote]In... (view)
Mon 2 Jun, 2014 03:27 am - [quote]Wait for as long as you want. I have never asserted there "are teapots" or "are no teapots" orbiting Jupiter.
You have.
Any "proof" of that assertion... (view)
Mon 2 Jun, 2014 03:13 am - [quote]There is absolutely NO WAY whatever that anyone can be certain that the world is not an illusion.[/quote]
Which is why people lose sleep, which is the problem.
Which is why people should... (view)
Sun 1 Jun, 2014 06:41 pm - [quote]I do not think it silly at all. Anyone thinking it though clearly should not think it silly. What would be silly is to make an assertion about what you cannot prove.
Anyone making an... (view)
Sun 1 Jun, 2014 06:28 pm - [quote]Interesting.
Please tell us about the matters that are keeping people awake nights because they cannot determine if they are certain or absolutely certain.
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Not knowing if... (view)
Sun 1 Jun, 2014 05:49 pm - [quote]If you do not want to assume the burden...do not make the assertion.
If you make the assertion...the burden of proof falls on you.[/quote]
So it seems I can't assert that... (view)
Sun 1 Jun, 2014 05:34 pm - Now it makes sense why your thought seems so confused. You're under the perception I'm some pesky atheist with some hidden agenda in regards to the god debate. Frankly, I don't care... (view)
Sun 1 Jun, 2014 05:23 pm - I'm happy with 'reasonably certain'. But what I must stress on this issue is that they're just words. What's not important is the words I'm using, but the... (view)
Sun 1 Jun, 2014 03:33 am - [quote]Okay, but once you deny something (which means to assert that something does not exist)...you create a burden of proof for yourself.[/quote]
So let me get this straight. Since I deny the... (view)
Sat 31 May, 2014 09:25 pm - Well technically speaking I'm an agnostic atheist. But the agnostic part is a rather trivial. All it does it narrate how the truth value of god is unknowable or unprovable. This fact has no... (view)
