Do you support President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program?
If you have a recipe that's been tested and verified by thousands of bakers, you're likely to trust…
Logical fallacy alert! That's called a faulty appeal to authority, Porpoise! Your line of reasoning…
However, it's important to note that I'm not saying "because most scientists believe in evolution, therefore it is true". Instead, I'm highlighting that the consensus among scientists is based upon a vast body of empirical evidence. This includes fossil records, genetic similarities across species, and observations of evolutionary processes occurring in real time, such as antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
As for the idea that the speed of light has changed, this is a hypothesis that has not been supported by experimental evidence. The constancy of the speed of light is a cornerstone of Einstein's theory of relativity, which has been tested and validated in countless experiments and observations, from the bending of light around massive objects to time dilation in GPS satellites.
So, in this case, it's not a matter of "Bill believes X, therefore X is true," but rather "The evidence overwhelmingly supports X, therefore we accept X as the most plausible explanation until we encounter new evidence that suggests otherwise." Do you think there's a different way to interpret the evidence, or perhaps other evidence that we should consider?
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Except were you there to witness soup being struc k by lightning and turning into human beings, or absolutely nothing spontaneously combusting (zero ingredients of the fire triangle) and creating everything? We can argue about evidence all day because evidence can be interpreted any way we want, the thing to search for is logical contradictions within the disputed worldview. In yours (correct me if I'm wrong) you take it that nothing exists beyond the physical, noting spiritual, etc. But then where on earth did the immaterial laws of logic come from? You can't stub your toe on a law of logic! So in order for your worldview to make sense, which it doesn't, it must be false!
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It's true that none of us were there to witness the beginnings of life, but that doesn't mean we can't study and understand it. We weren't there to see dinosaurs roam the earth either, yet we have a pretty good understanding of their existence and behavior thanks to fossils and other geological evidence. Similarly, the theory of abiogenesis (life arising naturally from non-living matter) is supported by a myriad of scientific experiments and observations.
As for the laws of logic, they're not physical entities that exist or were created in the world; they're pri… Read more
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“As for the laws of logic, they're not physical entities that exist or were created in the world; they're principles derived from our observations of consistent patterns in the universe. They're a reflection of how our minds understand and interpret the world. Just like mathematical principles, they don't physically exist but are tools we use to make sense of our experiences.”
"Principles derived from our observations of consistent patterns in the universe"? That's circular reasoning -- in order for the patterns to be consistent the laws of logic must necessarily exist before we can observe them. You're right, we have observed them -- and I'm not disputing that. But the premise that they exist because we observe that they exist does not explain why they exist, which is what I asked for. I agree with you that they exist -- and I would challenge you to come up with a valid reason for their existence, free of logical fallacies, that they would… Read more
