Hi, thanks for the reply, if indeed it is a reply to me!
I don't believe that dinosaurs had a spoken language, although someone else may believe that they did. Let's suppose, for a moment, that in prehistoric times dinosaurs did communicate in a spoken language...would the fact that there is no available proof in terms of recorded documents, eye witness, audio recordings (as of present) to substantiate the claim indicate the dinosaurs who did speak were any less audible to one another.
Of course it doesn't prove that dinosaurs didn't speak to each other, but as I say, if the person is claiming that they did then they should have the burden of proof, what makes them think that the dino's spoke to each other? I know what you are saying, you mean that even if they cannot prove it that doesn't change the fact that they did speak to each other, but this just confirms my point.
If we have to entertain the possibility that everything is possible, no matter how ridiculous it sounds, then how do we ever disprove something that sounds absurd.
Did you know that yesterday I was videotaped running a three minute mile, unfortunately I have lost the tape and the cameraman has died in a car accident.
Questions:
1. Do you believe that I ran a three minute mile?
2. Why do you believe/disbelieve me?
More reasonably, hasn't electricity existed for thousands and thousands of years;
Well we have proof that it has.
although on a perspective time line we have only just begun to learn how to harness its potential.
I don't think that harnessing its potential has any bearing on the fact of its existence, it exists whether we harness it or not, and it is observed in either state.
Would you have been correct in the year 1526 to state that electricity did not exist or that it had not been harnessed.
But prior to 1526 people could still see 'electricity', they could still witness its effects on the environment. The word 'electricity' is just a name given to an already established phenomenon, the observation hasn't changed, all that has happened is that it now has a name.
Is the existence of any particular dictated by the availability of a successful theory(proof)?
No, I agree it isn't, but the
acceptance of a particular is dictated by proof. Why should I accept that there's a devil without any proof? Of course there may be a devil but the evidence hasnt been provided for me to accept this.
As far as OJ goes, as a Scotsman, I have great faith in the American Justice system!
Brian.
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