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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

frankie

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4. No, that's solipsism

Reply to ZombieHorde (Reply #2)

Tue May 1, 2012, 10:38 AM

May 2012

@ZH: Unhelpful navel gazing.

Beyond the basic scientific axioms (uniformity, logic, etc), I am willing to take as a postulate that (human) life has (positive) value. If so: rights, good, evil, etc, derive from there.

You can choose to believe that nations don't exist, but they can choose to jail or kill you if you act on that belief in ways they don't like. I don't think you're going to win that argument.

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Causality vs. Magic [View all] rayofreason Apr 2012 OP

Nice post longship Apr 2012 #1

Other common "magical" beliefs... ZombieHorde Apr 2012 #2

Nice list. MadrasT Apr 2012 #3

No, that's solipsism frankie May 2012 #4

You and I may personally value human life, but human life does not have inherent value. ZombieHorde May 2012 #5