| ▲ | timr 3 hours ago | |||||||
You're making a ridiculously improbable prediction that can never be falsified -- akin to beliefs in a vengeful God. Russell's Teapot is exactly the correct metaphor. The philosophical burden of proof lies on the person making empirically unfalsifiable claims. That is the point of Russell's Teapot. | ||||||||
| ▲ | applfanboysbgon 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
> The philosophical burden of proof lies on the person making empirically unfalsifiable claims. You appear not to understand what a prediction is. "I believe X will likely happen because Y" is different from an assertion of fact that "X will happen". A prediction cannot even be empirically proved! You are simply suggesting that nobody is allowed to make a prediction, ever. Russell's Teapot, too, is not an argument that you cannot believe in God. It is an argument that the unfalsifiability of a claim is not a basis to assert that God exists. | ||||||||
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