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> > Exactly. That's why I have such a problem with sXe people, as well.
>
> Okay, I must be dense, but what exactly is sXe?! All this time I thought
> people were just mis-spelling Sex!
sXe is shorthand for "straightedge".
> > Nothing can ever be proven. Period.
>
> Ah, how do you prove that?
You can't prove a negative. Therefore, yes, my assertion that nothing
can ever be proven cannot itself be proven and does not need to be,
because like I said, NOTHING can ever be proven. Period.
> Is there a rational argument I can follow for that statement?
All you ever know is the input you receive from yr eyes, ears, nose,
tongue, and skin. You can never be sure of anything. You can believe
that gravity is a "proven fact", but for all you know, yr brain made
that up and all evidence of it. Every time you read a science book on
gravity, you can't be sure yr reading the "actual" words printed on it -
it could all be hallucination or deception. If you ask other people
about gravity, what you hear may not necessarily even be what they are
saying (If they're even there and really saying things at all.).
> When I used to own a car, I thought it was pretty well proven (a couple of
> times, actually) that when I forgot to put gas in it, it wouldn't run.
It was a demonstrable trend. It wasn't proven. You could wake up
tomorrow and be on another planet, paying the attendant for playing the
"Justin" game and going back to yr day job on Alpha Centauri.
np:The Smiths, "Girl Afraid"
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