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Blue Jay
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Message 16 of 148 (579062)
09-03-2010 1:25 PM
Reply to: Message 14 by Aware Wolf
09-03-2010 1:17 PM


Hi, Aware Wolf.
Aware Wolf writes:
A is given (the universe). Then, the question is: which is more likely: B or not B (God). I don't think simple probability can tell us that A AND NOT B is more likely than A AND B, without knowing something about B.
It's just an application of Occam's razor: assume "not B" until we have reason to believe "B."
It's "innocent until proven guilty": assume "not guilty" until we have reason to believe "guilty."

-Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus)
Darwin loves you.

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