2009-03-28, 08:11 AM
RobMdza Wrote:You are clearly blind and narrow-minded. The topic doesn't have to be empirically proved to fall into ''intelligent discussion''. Somethings exist beyond science and empirism. If not Social Sciences (despite the name they were given) would only be studied through the Positivism lens. There are other points of view that escape it. Historicism and The General Critic Theory (whatever is called in english) don't apply all these rules and hence that not always considered science ¬¬.
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Might I point out that calling someone 'blind and narrow-minded' isn't exactly the best way to open a post accusing the abovementioned person of not thinking through everything with a clear, open head.
Also, I don't see how what you're talking about has anything to do with what I was talking about. Historicism and the General Critic Theory aren't science, they're philosophies/literary deconstruction tools. I'm not saying that everything there is either falls under the banner of science or does not exist; I'm saying that everything that cannot be empirically proven to exist by science most likely doesn't exist, and when I say 'most likely' i mean 'ridiculously likely given the number of nutjobs who have claimed to have telekinetic abilities or what the goddamn hell ever and have failed to claim the James Randi Foundation prize and all the other nutjobs who have claimed to manipulate the weather or have pyrokineses and have not ever been able to prove anything to anyone who knows an iota about science and rigorous testing methods.'
Quote:You state that somethings are impossible, this is clearly a sign of narrow-minded assumtions.
We live in a giant Universe, where the possibilities of anything seem to be infinite.
Who is to say that these abilities do NOT exist? Just because you've never seen them does not mean they don't exist.
EDITx2: Also, take a look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jgMzcRxxEE
Yeah, I'd rather watch Loose Change or some idiot pomegranate like that then watch this.
Okay, who's to say that magical eagle-apes who have purple fur and eat only dodo eggs for sustenance don't exist? If you start saying 'oh, well, technically we live in an infinite universe of possibilities, so it totally could exist' then you're opening the door to all kinds of ridiculous pomegranate, like the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
I suggest you read Dr. Hugh Everett's landmark paper on multiple universes, i think you'd find it interesting.
