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Scientifically Investigating Human Belief

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Panda

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Message 12 of 36 (628473)
08-09-2011 7:39 PM

Reply to: Message 10 by John Jones
08-09-2011 6:11 PM

John Jones writes:

A belief can't be proven wrong, for a true fact is never offered as a matter of belief.

That is not correct.

When I was a child I believed that Santa Claus left gifts for me at the foot of my bed.
This has been proven to be wrong.

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Panda

Member (Idle past 3742 days)

Posts: 2688

From: UK

Joined: 10-04-2010

Message 35 of 36 (630495)
08-25-2011 7:22 PM

Reply to: Message 34 by AZPaul3
08-25-2011 7:16 PM

Re: How Rational Are You?

AZPaul3 writes:

Straggler writes:

I might as well be asking my toaster if it is happy or my MP3 player if it likes Jazz.

... the answer is yes in both cases.

The toaster's FaceBook status has changed from "In a relationship" to "Single" - it depends who dumped whom, but the toaster could now be unhappy.

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