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vimesey
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Message 11 of 70 (671780)
08-30-2012 11:51 AM
Reply to: Message 9 by foreveryoung
08-30-2012 11:31 AM


limiting yourself to physical evidence narrows down what you will accept as reality
Absolutely right. Whether something, of which there is no physical evidence, is part of reality, is a matter for conjecture.
Also, we can infer likelihoods of something being part of reality from other physical evidence, or we can conjecture from imagination or stories. Both approaches are forms of conjecture, but conjecturing from imagination or stories is a much purer form.

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vimesey
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Message 63 of 70 (672413)
09-07-2012 6:25 PM
Reply to: Message 62 by foreveryoung
09-07-2012 6:12 PM


Couple of things
Hi foreveryoung,
I want to have a look at this sentence in your post:
When you start asking the right questions however, the evidence starts to show up.
First off, I get quite suspicious when there is no evidence, until certain questions are asked. It makes me think that the questions are framed, so that evidence can be pointed to, which fits an agenda, or pre-existing conclusion. The more usual scenario is that we see the evidence, and then start asking questions about it. In the case of the moving city, what questions are you referring to that started being asked ?
Secondly, you say that the evidence shows up. Can you give me an outline of that evidence - or some links please ? (I know you have given us a hard time in the past, about insisting all the time upon evidence, but that's not relevant here, since you have actually referred, in your own post, to evidence showing up - I just want the details).

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