On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 4:25 AM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> >> >> 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 [email protected]. >> >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >>> 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 [email protected]. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
