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Originally Posted by Xujhan
You should always demand evidence of something before you believe it to be true; any less robs you of your freedom and makes you a tool to those who might wish to manipulate you.
The limitations of science shouldn't be an aggravation. Think about how much we already know; enough that ten lifetimes wouldn't be nearly long enough to learn it all. And yet with all this knowledge, it's barely a fraction of all that there is yet to learn. Now think of how much we have achieved with our little sliver of knowledge. Human lifespan has doubled, the internet allows the entire world to communicate instantly, we've visted our moon and sent a probe outside our solar system. All this, from so little. When we've learned ten times more than what we know now, imagine what we will be capable of. Knowledge is what drives our species forward; without it, a human is little more than a rather curious monkey. With it, we already have all this. Science is the vehicle that powers our understanding of reality, and I think that makes it the most incredible thing imaginable.
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1) Why should you always demand evidence to support what you believe
I get what you are saying, but I wanna ask you something. some scientific discoveries happen how? By chance? or by someone having a far fetched ideas that someone may have?
Now, I'm willing to bet that when these idea were put out there to begin, many people deemed it asinine and crazy, until it was proven right. Then what? The people who were right were right, and the people who were wrong were wrong? No, people have different ideas for certain things, and view things differently. Demanding evidence is actually limiting your self, and becoming a tool to who ever wishes to manipulate you. Think about it this way, demanding evidence would be.
- I look into outer space, there is no solid evidence or facts pointing towards life being out there so it 100% means there isn't.
(this is your view point)
- I look into outer space, there is no solid evidence or facts pointing towards life out there, but this old book and many many years of people believing there is means there is 100% (this is most religious view points)
Both are limiting your self and robbing you of your "freedom" as you would say, as both lack free thought.
-I look into outerspace, there is no solid evidence or facts pointing towards life being out there, but as we DO know there is galaxies unexplored out there, and while we do not have the facts and evidence saying there isn't anything out there, there is no possible way of knowing whether life exists outside of what we have the ability to access and in turn study.
This is free thought, what you display is limited thinking, as you only choose to believe what science HAS proven, as you say your self there is plenty of things that science has no idea about.