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Originally Posted by NZtyphoon
Evidence is no proof? That means any evidence can be dismissed out of hand, regardless of how solid it is. How do you work that one out?
If that's true, I can prove the moon is made out of cheese; the evidence is lacking because when the Apollo astronauts landed with samples of moon cheese they were immediately turned into toasted cheese sandwiches and eaten by hungry NASA staff, and the reports were then fudged and rocks were substituted.
Now, you can provide evidence in the form of moon rocks and scientific reports and I can dismiss the evidence because I didn't actually travel to the moon with the astronauts and watch them pick up the rocks, nor did I see the scientific reports being processed. So the fact is the moon is made out of cheese and my belief in that is scientific because I am not precluding the possibility, however remote it may seem; in fact there's even a web page showing that the moon is made of cheese and that's evidence in itself. It's a brilliant concept because I can prove anything I like!  |
The problem is only seeing black and white, believe me.
Black and white scenarios are so rare in real life, i really doubt anybody here has experienced one.
To think in black and white makes only shure you are NOT 100% right.
Evidence is only proof if it removes any doubt.