alt.war.vietnam

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On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:11:05 -0400, Horvath wrote:

>>3) Assert some completely unfounded explanation, such as "God dunnit"
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> Why would that be unfounded?

Lack of evidence that any gods exist, followed by lack of evidence that
specific gods exist, followed by lack of evidence that said gods, if they
existed, _could_ do such things, followed by lack of evidence that if such
gods _did_ exist and _could_ do these things, that they actually did. For
starters.

>>The second is likewise honest, not attempting to assert knowledge not
>>actually in possession of the respondent, but it involves an attempt to
>>go find an answer.
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> Good answer. But how?

Start with learning physics.

>>The third, however, has no intellectual benefits whatsoever. It is not
>>honest, as it attempts to assert as knowledge something which is _not_
>>knowledge, but it doesn't attempt to find out an actual answer, either.
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> Not actually. It's pretty easy to see that someone with more knowledge
> and ability than you put them there.

No, it's not. All that's easy to see is that they _are_ there.


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