On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 4:25 AM, John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Telmo Menezes <te...@telmomenezes.com> > wrote: > > >> > >> I would say that, under these definitions, the correct scientific >> s >> tance is to be agnostic. > > > Does the agnostic or the atheist have > the correct scientific > > stance regarding a teapot in orbit around Uranus? I like what the great > Isaac Asimov > had to say on the subject:
Both have a healthy tendency to estimate probabilities. This prevents them from wasting time but also get killed, etc. Sometimes the estimates are wrong, of course. This happens a lot in science. If you have a good idea that is sufficiently new or unknown, people are going to say you're crazy. Of course, you can also really be crazy. The difference between god and a tea pot is that the tea pot is well-defined. Telmo. > " > I'm a creature of emotion as well as of reason. Emotionally I am an atheist. > I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly > suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time. > " > > John K Clark > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> >> In this mailing list, we have seen hypothesis about such a mind that >> do not require man-in-the-sky, creationism or other absurdities, nor >> conflict with current scientific models. Are they correct? I don't >> know, so... >> >> Telmo. >> >> > Brent >> > >> > >> > On 1/30/2017 2:26 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >> >> >> I hope all atheists and all religious people with all of their silly >> >> certainties convert to intelectual humility and agnosticism. >> >> Then maybe we have a chance of transcending this silly monkey-stage >> >> where we seem to be stuck at. >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Telmo. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 4:44 AM, Samiya Illias <samiyaill...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> These videos might be of interest to some (the first one is by a Math >> >>> professor): >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> https://www.quora.com/What-reasons-have-made-an-atheist-convert-to-Islam/answer/Shau-Sumar?srid=s5B1&share=215c99a7 >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Samiya >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>> Groups >> >>> "Everything List" group. >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> >>> an >> >>> email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >>> To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. >> >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "Everything List" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an >> > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. >> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
