On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:14 AM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, May 11, 2013 Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Nothing can truly be proven nor disproven, >> > > Then you must believe that the word "proof" should be expunged from the > English language as there would be no time when it would be appropriate to > use it. I disagree and rather like the word. > Proof, like truth, is still a useful word in that it expresses an ideal we chase but never obtain. > > > The people you are describing are those that hold the constancy of their >> beliefs in higher regard than the truth of their beliefs. >> > > Yes exactly, the "it's true for me" people, in other words religious > believers, in other words morons. > So you have no religious beliefs whatsoever? (Perhaps not if you define religious beliefs as any belief John Clark considers moronic...) > > Meme's which hold self-preservation and constancy above all else, are >> those that will persist through time. >> > > Yes just like viruses, and like viruses some memes kill their hosts as in > Islamic suicide bombers. > > > I don't know that science is usually correct. >> > > Then I have a advantage over you because I did know that science is > usually correct. > Since when has science usually been correct? Since 1000 B.C., since 1700, since 1905, since 1920, since 10 years ago? > > > Even our leading theories, QM and GR, we feel are not fully correct >> since they don't work well together. >> > > And science is probably correct in thinking that both these theories work > beautifully everywhere except for 2 places, the singularity at the center > of a Black Hole and the instant of the Big Bang, and science is certainly > correct in thinking that more work is required before we understand those > things. > I think you are mistaken if you think modern science has arrived at the truth. I don't think most scientists believe that. > > Here you are lumping all religious belief together >> > > All religions are stupid > What about my religion? Jason -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
