Re: Religion & Physics Don't Mix

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From: Tim Dodd
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 20:16

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In article <1992Nov4.182157.17016@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU+ crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
+In article <1992Nov4.171314.22145@ugle.unit.no+ kim@Lise.Unit.NO (Kim Gunnar Stvringyhus) writes:
+++      Why do certain people have such difficulty with the proposition
+++      that there are domains which 'science' and 'logic' can never reach?
+++                                 dale bass
++Because it's a false proposition.
+
+     Prove it false.
+
+                             dale bass

Ah, this is backwards here!  If I claim that "X exists", and you say you
see no evidence for X, the burden of proof lies upon me, not you.  I have
no problem with the proposition that there are domains unreachable by rational
thought.  (Suppose I ask you what it is like to be nonexistent?)  But I am
unconvinced that such domains have anything to say about reality (by
definition!).

Tim
-- 
Tim Dodd, Research Scientist, Georgia Tech:  cegtitd@prism.gatech.edu

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From: cegtitd@prism.gatech.EDU (Tim Dodd)
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Subject: Re: Religion & Physics Don't Mix
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