Michael Shermer at FSGP
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it was bigfoot and a horny alien!!!!!!!!!!!
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This guy talks so much bullshit, it is as if he is there only to shut down any critical thinking; quite the opposite from he ostensibly proposes.
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Your last statement is in error. If people accept the possibility of extra-terrestrial life, that doesn't mean that they're basing their "belief" on " ZERO evidence whatsoever."
The statistical probability of life existing only on one planet in a Universe so teeming with planets, planetoids, moons, etc. is pretty low (according to many). You have to be careful when making such statements as yours that you don't construct a perfect argument that bears to resemblance to the real argument.
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Yeah There really isn't debate going on in the science community about whether or not global warming/climate change is occurring, but rather what the cause is, or which is moreso a cause, human activity, earth cycles, other factors, etc.
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Ive read all of Michael Shermer's books and he does believe in global warming.
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No, actually they don't believe that aliens are out there. They believe they MIGHT be and search for empirical evidence for their existence. Searching for evidence for something isn't the same as believing in god or astrology on faith and asserting they exist without proof.
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Not at all. Given our knowledge of biology, physics, chemistry, and just plain old mathematical probability we can clearly demonstrate the possibility of life existing elsewhere in the universe.
These people are not crazy, they have plenty of evidence, they just aren't likely to find any proof.
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Obviously, i meant to write that they believe that ET is out there with ZERO evidence to support that belief.
You say ZERO evidence based beliefs are a symptom of "crazy"
So, do you have the courage to back up your posting here and just come out and call them "crazy" or will you backtrack?
(i suspect you are scooting back in your cushy internet chair right now,lol)
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Seth Shostack and every SETI member believes that ET's are "out there"
So does Shermer.
So, they believe this ZERO evidence whatsoever.
Does this belief mean that they have the mental disorder that you refer to as "crazy"?
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"try to find evidence that there isn't a GOD."
The burden of proof is on you to prove god DOES exist not on others to prove he DOESN'T.
For instance, I could make the claim that life originated on this planet because Martians were fornicating with leprechauns. Can you prove it didn't happen this way or would you demand that I proved it did?
Cornplanter 4 years ago 49
and I could claim all life was created by the FSM, of course I will need to prove it!
This is how science works. Darwin brought a theory AND proof, and it explains everything in simple basic rules that are repeated everywhere we check (predictions check out).
If you want another theory to be taken seriously, it should explain existing evidence and show predictions that check out. No such new theory has come yet, so we use the best one we have, and it's pretty darn stable and proven.
Seefood73 4 years ago 23