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Originally posted by Uncinus
Well, surely we can agree on this:
If they existed there would probably be some good evidence
There's no good evidence
They probably don't exist.
Originally posted by bsbray11
Originally posted by Uncinus
Well, surely we can agree on this:
If they existed there would probably be some good evidence
No, I do not agree with that, because that is not always the case.
That is why science is constantly learning new things.
Because we don't already have evidence for everything that exists, obviously, and every time you suggest "we don't have evidence therefore they don't exist," you committing a blatant fallacy that you should well know by now.
There's no good evidence
They probably don't exist.
Adding the word "probably" doesn't mean it makes any more sense.
Originally posted by bsbray11
Because we don't already have evidence for everything that exists, obviously, and every time you suggest "we don't have evidence therefore they don't exist," you committing a blatant fallacy that you should well know by now.
Originally posted by adeclerk
Not always the case? So you're saying things exist that have no evidence?
No one is denying that science learns new things
Originally posted by Uncinus
Originally posted by bsbray11
Because we don't already have evidence for everything that exists, obviously, and every time you suggest "we don't have evidence therefore they don't exist," you committing a blatant fallacy that you should well know by now.
But that's not what I suggest. I suggest that if we expect something to leave evidence if it exists, and it does not, then it's reasonable to assign a high likelihood it it not existing.
Let me simplify it further:
There is no evidence that chemtrails exist
Draw your own conclusions.
Originally posted by Uncinus
So what do you conclude from the absence of evidence for chemtrails? Or orgone energy for that matter?
Originally posted by adeclerk
reply to post by light_circle
Have you considered the possibility that the changes you have noticed have something to do with the difference between climate and weather?
Do you know the distinction?
Originally posted by light_circle
Is it such a stretch of the imagination to imagine a circumstance where science doesn't prove something, yet it still exists objectively? Science can only operate through physical operations, limited by our senses. What lies beyond the senses science cannot really accurately explained by science.
Originally posted by Phage
Doesn't it require some sort of science to "spray" these things?
Originally posted by adeclerk
Can you give an example of something that exists without evidence?
Originally posted by bsbray11
Originally posted by adeclerk
Can you give an example of something that exists without evidence?
I can give you historical examples, yes.
Try... everything ever proven in the history of science, ever.
Before anything and everything was proven, there were periods when there was no evidence of it.
Therefore, just because there is currently a lack of evidence of something, does not mean it therefore doesn't exist. Unless you seriously think Neptune didn't exist before it was discovered, or that EM energy didn't exist before science discovered it, or any other hilariously ignorant consequences of your "reasoning."
Actually, for all practicality, it does "negate their existence". At that point, it only lives in the mind of the believer.
Originally posted by light_circle
Just because phenomena are not observed, measured, or proven by science does not negate their existence.
Originally posted by light_circle
In other words, what science does not prove does not mean they do not exist, do you understand?
Originally posted by light_circle
Adeclerk, it seems that you are operating under the assumption that science must prove something for it to exist. It is entirely possible that science isn't just aware of some phenomena or has incomplete knowledge.
Originally posted by light_circle
Is it such a stretch of the imagination to imagine a circumstance where science doesn't prove something, yet it still exists objectively? Science can only operate through physical operations, limited by our senses. What lies beyond the senses science cannot really accurately explained by science.