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Originally Posted by Chill Cosby
Which concerns itself with a lot of the "What is proof" discussion. Science is imperfect, so to get someone of faith to trust science, it would have to be undeniable. It's a matter of seeing is believing for some people. Much in the same way Atheists reject God, some religious people have difficultly trusting Science they cannot definitively experience.
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This is very confusing, science is imperfect (well, everything is, even
math) and it's a matter of seeing is believing, so they trust something that is imperfect and they cannot see or definitively experience?
It seems like you're contradicting yourself.
I think for some people it's not seeing is believing, it's believing is believing. They believe in belief, not in understanding.
Because while science isn't perfect, the imperfections are identified and outlined where possible, while with faith the imperfections are what makes belief possible at all.
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Originally Posted by Chill Cosby
I think that no matter what, if you give someone undeniable evidence of something, most people will believe you. If there is even an element to it that's deniable, you'll find some people to deny it.
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Sure, that's just one of many cognitive biases humans have. The problem is pretty much everything is deniable if you do enough mental gymnastics, thus the reason cognitive biases are identified and should be kept in mind when deciding one's beliefs.