“It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.”-William Kingdon Clifford
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I agree with that statement, only problem is I have and continue to observe both political sides make looney statements and believe in peculiar things.
SpikeTalon
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Apr 16, 2023
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Great video. It made me subscribe and like. I go along with Clifford and think it leads to Pete Singer (in 1972). The problem for us is that the consequences happen whether we act correctly or not and humans tend toward the not side. Zen informs us to simply note the moment and all it holds without judgment or forecast so that no event is good or bad. It is, or can not help but become, both.
rainmanjr
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Apr 16, 2023
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Nobody who believes in a conspiracy theory would admit that he or she had insufficient evidence. They have tons of evidence. Just ask anybody who believes that 9/11 was an inside job or that JFK was murdered by the CIA and he'll talk to you for hours, or send you 10, 20 or more links to Youtube videos and other sites etc......
The question is: Who decides what counts as evidence?
Thibaud70
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Apr 16, 2023
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Those folks are called voters.
That's the question of the hour, and one everyone should be asking, knowing all human beings make mistakes and can be incorrect on matters.
@SpikeTalon True. But the only methodical way to minimize those inevitable errors is science, an institutionalized system of gathering and checking evidence. But a lot of questions cannot be tackled and answered by science
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