On Jul 25, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI
wrote:
> Ed, did the story above make any sense?
It uses duplicate meanings of several scientific terms. If you follow
the conversation, you can see the premises being set up in very
specific ways, all leading to the grand finale punchline. It
completely ignores several fundamental scientific principles in its
quest to appear to make belief in the supernatural as credible as
belief in the natural.
Example: no, no one has seen the professor's brain. However, there
have been thousands and thousands of humans whose insides *have* been
seen; enough to establish that all living human beings possess certain
critical organs. It has not been proven that the professor has a
brain; however, science would indicate that the person claiming
otherwise would have to supply the evidence to support it, given the
understanding of human physiology.
Things such as this are the equivalent of parlor tricks, designed for
people insecure in the faith to pat themselves on the back and
reassure themselves. If you need this sort of deception in order to
feel good about your beliefs, then I would suggest that that is a sign
of deeper issues.
-- Ed Leafe
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