We know 'Nothing' Really

Chief Walkin Eagle said:

The post I responded to didnt have a question in it, are you feeling ok hep? lol Anyways, I understood what you were trying to say, I was just having a little fun.

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Good call.
So what views am I following?

Hepheastus420 said:

Good call.
So what views am I following?

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I got a feeling Im going to have to copy-n-paste this until you get to the point your trying to make...Here we goo... How are an independent thinker and not a follower?

Chief Walkin Eagle said:

I got a feeling Im going to have to copy-n-paste this until you get to the point your trying to make...Here we goo... How are an independent thinker and not a follower?

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I'm an independent thinker in the sense that I make my own decisions. They may be based off of logic, but I choose for them to be that way.

So now that I answered your question, can you answer mine? How am I a follower?

Hepheastus420 said:

I'm an independent thinker in the sense that I make my own decisions. They may be based off of logic, but I choose for them to be that way.

So now that I answered your question, can you answer mine? How am I a follower?

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You need a group of people to tell you whats what. First with christianity, then with skeptics.

Chief Walkin Eagle said:

You need a group of people to tell you whats what. First with christianity, then with skeptics.

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I admit that christianity had me in their grips, but I broke free by reading the bible.

What did the skeptics tell me?

Hepheastus420 said:

I'm an independent thinker in the sense that I make my own decisions. They may be based off of logic, but I choose for them to be that way.

So now that I answered your question, can you answer mine? How am I a follower?

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Just forget about him Hep. He just can't grasp the simple concept that the act of skepticism isn't telling anyone anything EXCEPT to question everything. Skepticism is about questioning, not answering or telling someone what is right or wrong. He plays these games because his conscious brain hasn't figured out his unconscious mind has been doing since he was a child.
Everything we think we know is merely the concept of a model that our brains have created based on countless examples and testing reality with our senses. This is why we are fooled so badly by our senses, because anything we experience is filtered through these models and why optical and auditory illusions work.

The fact is, when we don't know something it's not a bad thing. We don't however make up answers to questions we cannot know. There's enough things in this universe that we can learn about without worrying about things we can't at this time test. I personally don't think it is productive to waste time coming up with convoluted explanations of how these phenomena are so apparent to everyone but whenever we try to test these claims, suddenly we find either inability to replicate results under controlled conditions or outright fraud and attempts to cheat, whether it is ghosts, bigfoot, gods and/or examples of god's work or homeopathic medicine.

I'm skeptical about a lot of things and all that means is that if someone cannot give me a good reason to believe in something, I will not accept it. I don't even need a 'scientific' reason, just a good, solid, rational reason. Most of the time, that will require evidence of some sort but someone can potentially give me a reason to believe without evidence, that's fine too. Of course, by eliminating the need for a strict scientific explanation I think eliminates half of CWE's complaints. He's constantly crying about how science is not the only justification for beliefs and I agree, but rationality is needed.

mindphuk said:

Why? Is the current mod displaying any bias or favoritism for or against any group or person?

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...ah, so you DO have sense of humor. Yessssss.