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Pastimes : THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING
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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (1044)3/4/2002 11:04:45 AM
From: thames_sider  Read Replies (1) of 21057
 
Scientific papers generally begin with a hypothesis, which is an "assumption."
But a scientific hypothesis should not begin by excluding germane explanations of the very subject under discussion.
It's self-fulfilling: "For my argument, I assume that other explanations for this phenomena are not true."

You can't seriously explain why people do not believe in a god (stil less a specific god...) and commence by excluding the rational!

What he does follows the style of scientific debate, but only superficially. His hypothesis begs the question: his 'evidence' suggests anecdotal or unprovable attribution (the suggested, possible, undocumented, unproven subconscious motivation of a few, dead, individuals is NOT evidence in a scientific sense): and then he draws a 'conclusion' which slurs by implication and begs its own question again.
Hence it's pseudo science - too weak to be valid even by the weak criteria of post-modern, self-referential sociological tract or psycho-babble.
It's not even worth addressing the 'arguments' in more detail because this lends it false credence, and it's pointless arguing feelings and opinions which is all that remain - you can't make real rational arguments against an irrational premise with unprovable effects and no testable conclusion.
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