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photon · 12-29-2011, 09:32 AM

Certainty is elusive (see my sig), however you can still be less or more confident about conclusions based on available information.

If you saw a hoofprint in your yard, it could be a horse, a zebra, or a unicorn print. All options are not impossible, but they are not all equally probable. That's why merely not impossible isn't good enough to constitute a foundation for a conclusion.

And I don't think that someone has to be of low IQ or simply fear death to believe; I think that vastly oversimplifies the reasons behind religious belief.

12-29-2011, 09:32 AM	#504
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	Certainty is elusive (see my sig), however you can still be less or more confident about conclusions based on available information. If you saw a hoofprint in your yard, it could be a horse, a zebra, or a unicorn print. All options are not impossible, but they are not all equally probable. That's why merely not impossible isn't good enough to constitute a foundation for a conclusion. And I don't think that someone has to be of low IQ or simply fear death to believe; I think that vastly oversimplifies the reasons behind religious belief. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.