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Sounds like a cool idea
January 13, 2018 at 16:54
Reading this thread and your message reminds me of an article I recently read: Half of all Americans believe the media make up anti-Trump stories Then...
January 13, 2018 at 16:51
For one thing, equations don't work because somebody choses to believe in them; so whether or not a scientist may chose to believe in some equations, ...
January 13, 2018 at 16:33
I don't think so. I can't get over the fact that evidence can be valid, without being dependent on whether or not people chose to believe in that evid...
January 13, 2018 at 13:28
Science is something that enables us to progress, by mostly looking on evidence, with out the need to look on all possible evidence. I would say based...
January 13, 2018 at 13:28
Exactly. This makes me think beliefs are not necessary, because we can ignore beliefs that don't deal with evidence, and also, we can ignore beliefs t...
January 13, 2018 at 03:14
I don't think so, because I know many Christians who believe world was made in 6 days, and those beliefs disagree with science evidence. We can maybe ...
January 13, 2018 at 01:13
As in, can evidence exist without belief?
January 13, 2018 at 01:11
I think he says it in a book called "Caught in the Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind".
January 13, 2018 at 01:10
I don't doubt that patterns can form beliefs, but does evidence actually require belief? I can think up some scenarios where evidence doesn't require ...
January 12, 2018 at 17:44
I know evidence changes. But does evidence need beliefs?
January 12, 2018 at 16:45