QUOTE(lowya @ Jun 27 2021, 08:01 AM)
actual example from a thread title: "If there's no God, how come this thing so amazing."
it's a critical thinking sin to commit appeal to ignorant fallacy (with a twist of confusion of correlation and causation), but some people live through this their entire life. No amount of formal education can help to fix this.
the main problem lies in the inability to clearly define 'god' universally as compared to astronomy (when we discuss how amazing the planetary is), because everyone's spiritual understanding is unique to their own. it's a critical thinking sin to commit appeal to ignorant fallacy (with a twist of confusion of correlation and causation), but some people live through this their entire life. No amount of formal education can help to fix this.
How could you discuss something that is interpreted differently by everyone?
But if you look at the planets, astronomers can measure the size, detect the color and shape etc, which everyone can understand on the same page.
Such argument "If there's no God, how come <fill in the blank>." not only irrelevant comparison but meaningless to engage.
Michio Kaku, whom i have a lot of respect for, explained this before.
This post has been edited by lowya: Jun 27 2021, 11:12 AM