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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.

timr 2 hours ago | parent [-]

You can make whatever predictions you like. Don't expect other people to believe them and act on them unless you provide evidence.