On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:50 AM, Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 10/25/2015 10:34 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:25 AM, Brent Meeker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On 10/25/2015 10:09 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> >> On 26/10/2015 3:48 pm, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 11:05 PM, Bruce Kellett < >> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The only sort of existence for which we have concrete evidence is >>> physical existence. We can understand imaginary things, but we have no >>> direct evidence for their existence -- certainly not for their physical >>> existence. >>> >> >> Do you acknowledge that we have no evidence that such things do not >> exist? And therefore, we should at least remain agnostic on the idea rather >> than reject the idea out of hand? >> >> >> Imaginary things do not have physical existence. >> >> >> I think that's why they're called imaginary. I think Jason wants us to >> believe we can't think of imaginary things. If you think of it, it exists. >> >> > You and Bruce want us to believe if we can imagine it, and we can't see > it, then it definitely does not exist anywhere in reality. > > > I only suggest that you proportion your belief to the evidence. If there > is no evidence, not even indirect evidence, then it is that intellectual > infirmity called "faith" to believe. > > Brent > "My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it. An > agnostic is somebody who doesn't believe in something until there is > evidence for it, so I'm agnostic." > --- Carl Sagan > > Ahh, but there is evidence for it. I just wanted you and Bruce to first accept and agree to the idea that there is no evidence against it. It is good to hear you are agnostic on it (assuming ignorance of the evidence for the existence of other things besides this universe). 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
