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Possible Is Not Proven
One of the internet’s biggest mistakes is treating “possible” like it already became “proven.” A claim can be plausible and still unsupported. A suspicion can be reasonable and still incomplete. A confident speaker can still be wrong.... - PaperTrails...
It's hard to take this comment too seriously. How do you "teach" what a "real" ANYTHING is that hasn't been proven to even exist in over 2000 years? Let alone claim to know what they definitely are not. This sounds more like brainwashing and a coherced belief system.... - Serpardum...
Nobody can prove anything. NOTHING can be proven.
Math has proofs, science has evidence. I can only offer what I research. Will we ever really know the truth?
- onToday I listened to a lady that has an hypotheses about why everything seems to have altered and is again apparently reverting back. I will have to find the original post and share here. byDonnie Darko...
Just the fact that you have a mind open enough to consider such unorthodox ideas must mean that, whatever the truth may be, you'll likely find it out before most others.... Skin wallet ranch queries
What is the consensus on the veracity of the events on the show, "a the secret of Skinwalker Ranch "? I generally believe that they aren't fabricating anything and that they are experiencing what we might call "high strangeness" .... - onok, not to be a downer or start a fight or offend anyone , I just would like to ask if anyone here has thoughts on the global political scene. I am 58 and have never given two fucks about politics because I just always knew it was a joke, a scam, a game being run on the people. But the moves lately have caught my attention. Yet, I do not watch TV at all. for almost 10 years. Because it is an tool used to control perception and thereby behavior. And I like to be free from control. I have some very radical beliefs, but I am always interested in learning how other people feel and think about their life. I know I am intelligent enough to believe I do not know everything and also that every belief I have now has been expanded from something that came before it so all of my beliefs are subject to be expanded. so if you engage with me be prepared to not take anything I say as something I expect you to adapt to. I have strong feelings, radical beliefs, and I would love seeing if anyone else is fed up with the entire system as I am. 🤸🤸🤸🌼byAgartha5150...
I can definitely relate. I’ve been called a conspiracy theorist more times than I can count, but I don’t really see myself that way. I just think it’s healthy to question things, especially when the stakes are high.... OK! So what is constructive skeptical philosophy?
OK! So what is constructive skeptical philosophy? My understanding of "skeptical philosophy" would be, e.g., Hume. Philosophy that emphasizes empiricism and is distant from "metaphysical speculation." It might be related to the current "skeptical movement" which discounts or...