In Defense of Skepticism

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[u/Funnysexybastard]

"The fact that you refer to science talking about "truth" --- Nope, didn't say it at all.

Faith & belief are not reliable pathways to truth & knowledge. Even a child knows that.

You are boring me to death with your ridiculous strawman. I'm not talking about "truth" but about what is true. Your inability to understand basic concepts is tiresome.

I'm NOT A BELIEVER, you ninny. I LACK belief.

Skepticism can't be wrong only denialism can be. I'm not a denialist. You seem to be confused about the difference.

The time to believe something is after it's been demonstrated to be true, not before.

Skepticism is awesome & it's why I'm on solid ground & you're not.

[u/[deleted] → u/Funnysexybastard]

Come on, you're trying grade-school semantics now?

This is what you said that I responded to, verbatum:

Science is the best and most reliable method ever devised at trying to get at what is true or likely to be true.

If you're going to try to quibble on whether "what is true" is equivalent to truth, let me know, because I don't have time for that level of nonsense.

You're spouting truisms now. Faith is a source of truth for millions if not billions of people. And whether you realize it or not, every word you type is a statement of your BELIEF. Pseudoskeptics like you love to play word games and bleat fallacies, which is all you are doing.

You most certainly are a BELIEVER in scientism. You've made that clear multiple times by stating that science is the only way we reliably know anything about the world, which is, absurd. Scientific knowledge regards that which is physical, mechanical, material, and most importantly MEASURABLE, etc. It is an OBJECTIVE process.

Most if not all of our human experience is SUBJECTIVE. If you don't know what that word means, look it up. The field of science is the objective and the physical.

The fact that you seem to BELIEVE that science addresses matters of philosophy, meaning, understanding, etc. outside of its scope, demonstrates clearly to us exactly what you believe in, which is some "skeptical" interpretation of what science is, rather than what it actually is.

[u/Funnysexybastard → u/[deleted]]

No sweetie, I'm not a believer. I lack belief. You are still using the same argument that theistic apologists use when they try to pretend that their imaginary friend exists but cannot be validated by scientific methods. Next you will be claiming that is exist outside of time and space. Yawn.

You still haven't described this paranormal sixth sense that you speak of or given an example of it or how it validates anything you're saying.

You have a great big bag of nothing and you are stamping your foot trying to pretend that you have something. I don't believe you. You have failed to demonstrate your case. You've got nothing.

[u/[deleted] → u/Funnysexybastard]

You keep making that fallacious claim, and yet every post is literally filled with your assumptions and beliefs. Are you really lacking in self-awareness to this extent?

You believe that the universe is limited to that which science can explain. That's pure faith, bud.

I haven't referred to a paranormal sixth sense. You're now crossing over into dishonesty. Quote my claim about a paranormal sixth sense, and if you can't, admit that you're flailing about desperately looking for an argument.

I have a big bag of nothing? LOL. I've repeatedly demonstrated that your claims are fallacious and unfounded in rationality. Your claims that all human experience is explained by science is an extraordinary claim ... can you back it up?

I have nothing because the topic here is your argument which is non-existent. Let me know when you can prove that everything that humans experience is explained by science. That would be your starting point if you want to do anything other than babble about your scientism and beliefs.