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trev

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11. And I'm looking for that evidence.

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #10)

Wed Jul 31, 2019, 08:14 PM

Jul 2019

Sagan believed in extraterrestrial life. He was a founder of SETI. He designed the "golden record" for Voyager 1. He wrote a novel and an undergraduate paper on the subject of alien contact with human beings. He did not totally dismiss the idea that extraterrestrials might have visited the Earth at some point, he just couldn't say it definitely had happened.

I haven't said it definitely happened, either. I simply asked the other poster how they knew for an absolute fact that it hadn't.

My ideas are not unfalsifiable. They are hypothetical. That is the starting point of the scientific method. Simply dismissing an idea out of hand by "calling bullshit" is not science.

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Would Finding Alien Life Change Religious Philosophies? [View all] left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 OP

"You really have to over-interpret to find anything that you can marginally say might have ... trev Jul 2019 #1

Thanks for the over interpretation. Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #4

Oh, good. trev Jul 2019 #7

myths no more factual or remarkable than any other ancient myths Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #8

Hm. trev Jul 2019 #9

Sounds familiar Major Nikon Jul 2019 #10

And I'm looking for that evidence. trev Jul 2019 #11

Sure, hypothetical in the exact same way others posit an interventionalist god Major Nikon Aug 2019 #12

But there is a difference. trev Aug 2019 #13

How do you know the things you describe weren't caused by leprechauns? Major Nikon Aug 2019 #21

I don't, of course. trev Aug 2019 #23

Neither do you have any knowledge of the capabilities of little green men Major Nikon Aug 2019 #24

We weren't talking about little green men, trev Aug 2019 #25

Actually the term comes from the realm of science fiction Major Nikon Aug 2019 #26

As I've already said, trev Aug 2019 #27

So why not explore the possibilities of leprechauns? Major Nikon Aug 2019 #28

Because, while I may read some of the nonsense, trev Aug 2019 #29

I'm not calling you a religionist Major Nikon Aug 2019 #30

I just got through telling you trev Aug 2019 #31

Regardless you are insisting others disprove them Major Nikon Aug 2019 #32

There is nothing but anecdotal evidence (one anecdote, to be exact) for: muriel_volestrangler Aug 2019 #36

You missed the part where I said trev Aug 2019 #38

Yeah, and who were the Death Eaters? trotsky Aug 2019 #16

LOL trev Aug 2019 #17

Brother, do you have time to talk about Harry Potter and his plan for your life? n/t trotsky Aug 2019 #19

Well, at least trev Aug 2019 #20

We forget that we are humans Cartaphelius Jul 2019 #2

For those who believe without evidence, contrary evidence will not sway... Moostache Jul 2019 #3

I disagree on including Buddhists. trev Jul 2019 #5

What Buddha taught doesn't matter. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2019 #14

What wacko things are they doing? trev Aug 2019 #15

Surely you aware of what's going on in Myanmar. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2019 #18

Yes, there is that. trev Aug 2019 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Act_of_Reparation Aug 2019 #33

I've had too much coffee today. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2019 #34

I understand what you're saying. And I don't really disagree with it. trev Aug 2019 #35

There must be a loop hole somewhere in safeinOhio Jul 2019 #6

Is the Christian, etc God limited by the speed of light? If not, could he be persuaded to contact muriel_volestrangler Aug 2019 #37

Some versions of god trev Aug 2019 #39