We require evidence to believe in god. Do we also require evidence to believe in other things in life? Better put, do some of us believe in things for which there is no evidence?
What am I talking about? All kinds of things: Astrology, Myers-Briggs, Organic produce, juice cleanses, the list goes on.
If someone pointed out that there was no evidence behind your belief, would you be willing to change it?
Absolutely. Emotions have their time and place but logic and evidence guide me.
Depends what your trying to prove and if it's an issue worth debating. Time is precious life is short.
Evidence based everything - physical, social, economic, medicine and health care, politics. I'm a devout Whatworksian.
It means I often get mistaken for a liberal, but I just look at the world and think 'What works? What provides that old chestnut of the greatest good for the greatest number?'
And the answer is often Sweden. Well, the Scandinavian model of social democracy and regulated capitalism anyway.
And I am certain you stay away from exposure to Kryptonite.
Personally I feel it's illrational to believe in anything that has no evidence to suggest it's true.if anything is a matter of any inportance and one does not question it without reservation or conviction that would be illlogical.truth is what the facts are.
Yup. Psuedoscience is a total pet peeve of mine, can't stand it.
Yes evidence-based is best. Show your work, show me your numbers, give me some lovely and tasty numbers and data to crunch.
I totally use the Scientific method towards every thing I want to know.
So, Yes,if empirical evidence that shows me something that I though was wrong, I would gladly change my mind.
I hold no beliefs other than the mundane navigational things we all use to make it through daily life without cognitive overload. I am an evidentialist when it comes to anything else.
I am not looking for evidence to walk a spiritual path. It simply makes me feel better. If religion,God, Jesus does that for someone else, good. As long as they don't push it on me.
I have participated in all that is labeled super natural. I enjoy it.
None of these things, spiritual walks not super natural are proven true ..but if it makes me feel better believing some of it, why not?
It harmless. If a good friend tried to talk me out of any..I would get new friends.
Well, of course! Unless Gwyneth Paltrow is vouching for the product, in which case I'm convinced of the rigorous testing it's undergone. ?
It was only a few years ago I learned how to not have a blind spot while operating my car. I was convinced it was a better way to go after trying for myself. I make sure all mirrors are pointed correctly now. It drives others crazy but the evidence was there and it is a safer way to go.
Give me proof of a better way and I will adopt it. Simple.
I don't believe in myers-briggs as they have already been discredited even before I really knew much about them - Seems more like a party game than something to believe in. I don't disrespect party games or Halloween fun - I don't believe in astrology though I read my stars in the paper for fun . I have worked as a lab tech in many places one was a processed cheese factory all the cheese was the same, every process they went through was the same, except for the labels which were stuck on by gigantic steel machines so all the major supermarkets brands were exactly the same. Cosmetics also , just put in different pots different prices Absolutely I would change my mind if I found out that was being had - and it isnt a belief for me its just identifying the scams
If I pulp my thumb with a framing hammer I believe that hurts. Astral travel, zero point energy and seeing the everything and the nothing of the universe together I believe happens to me sometimes but I can't prove it. But it sure feels plausable. Is that what I should believe, that they were not real experiences?
Yes, I require evidence for my beliefs. It will depend on the claim for the amount of evidence.
Go vegetarian! Don't believe the stigma surrounding it!