On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 Roger Clough <rclo...@verizon.net> wrote: > Three things that one cannot prove or disprove > 1. That God exists or does not exist. >
If God exists then His existence should be obvious to a blind man in a fog bank, but it is not and the only reason that could be is that God has engineered things in such a way that we can not find a proof. Being omnipotent God certainly has the ability to fool us just as we have the ability to tease a puppy, but to me it would seem to be a very very odd thing for Him to do and indicative of a sadistic personality; some would say there is evidence for this in the Old Testament where Jehovah is the most unpleasant character in all of fiction. On the other hand it's childishly easy to understand why a human being, like a priest, would push the idea that God is deliberately preventing us from proving He exists. > > 2. That I exist or do not exist. > I don't need to prove I exist to myself because I have something better, direct experience; and even if I had such a proof it would not convince you, if you don't think I exist then you wouldn't think the proof I handed you existed either. > > 3. That computers can be conscious or not. > There is a fourth thing that I cannot prove or disprove, Roger Clough is conscious. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
