The Atheist Experience - 1/11/98 Part 4 Better Video

[83Hammerhead]

Love these old vids! Too bad small-minded people had to votebot this...

[smashballbrawler]

I just noticed, these videos (so far, I've been watching the playlist) have all been votebotted. No way would a vieo with 233 views have 136 ratings, and they all have about the same amount. And they call us immoral... Everyone, please vote so that eventually, the votebot attack may bediluted. Thank you.

[Hairysteed]

Freedom of religion also encompasses the freedom not to be religious, just as freedom of speech encompasses the freedom not to speak.

[Mjhavok]

Still just a theory. Joe is a bit mistaken here. In science you disprove theories. You don't prove them.

[freedom0f5peech]

"In science you disprove theories. You don't prove them."

A great deal of science is disproving... in fact, it's probably the most important part of the scientific method. But, it's not the whole of it.

[Mjhavok]

Trying to prove your own hypothesis makes it easier for a bias to creep in.

[freedom0f5peech]

very true... however, everything starts with hypothesis. luckly we have peer review.

[Mjhavok]

Yep.

[aajoeyjo]

In science, proving and disproving are two sides of the same coin. The experiemental method is designed to disprove falsehood and prove truth, all in the same action essentially.

[Mjhavok]

In science you don't prove anything. Mathematics are were proofs are found.

[aajoeyjo]

Mjhavok-Well that's what evidence is all about. The fossil record isn't used to disprove evolution, it's used to show how evolution has happened, as proof that it has happened. Proof is just the positive end result of scientific research. It's what made it past the series of cuts that are rightfully designed in. Not all experiments result in failure though.

[Mjhavok]

Fossils are evidence. When placed in context of the theory of evolution no fossil has been evidence against it.

[Katalyzt]

I like these videos!

Katalyzt