If someone claims they have been visited by magical unicorns, are we allowed to disagree? Is the burden on us skeptics to prove that such a visitation never happened?
If we are not justified in asking for evidence for such a claim, how can we seperate the real from the imagined?
Yes, perfectly justified asking for evidence...which is different from flat out stating that
the event didn't happen.
I read the first post of randman's as
being opinion (ie, his belief) not a claim of fact, something I believe he has
later confirmed
Using the above as an example, how can I prove that magical unicorns never visited? Does the fact that I can't prove they didn't, give any credibility to the claim? No, certainly not.
It feels wierd to be on randman's side here. If someone says 'Unicorns still visit us', I would take that as being a statement of belief, not a scientific claim. If someone retorts "No, they do not", that is an absolute statement. To make an absolute statement, one needs to be absolutely sure.
How can anyone be sure that unicorns do not still visit us?
It winds me up when 'creos' do it - "Evolution is impossible" - just as much as when 'evos' do it.
You mean, like the assertion that the news story is a miracle?
This strikes me as being odd. Am I the only one who read randman's statement as being a statement of belief, not an assertion?
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