Timeline for Why should I believe my own conclusions?
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| Aug 18, 2014 at 19:02 | comment | added | That Guy | that last comment is much more relevant to the question; if you edit that in I'll gladly upvote the question. It happens that I still disagree, (as I don't know which opinion to have, or how to even get an opinion other than flipping coins) but I see your point | |
| Aug 18, 2014 at 18:44 | comment | added | nir | @Matt, conflicting opinions of intelligent people is not a reason to not have an opinion, any more than mortality is a reason to not live. If presumably highly intelligent people can claim utter nonsense, surely we have something to contribute to the discussion; at least this is how I feel about it. | |
| Aug 18, 2014 at 13:55 | comment | added | That Guy | I actually read Krauss' book and found it very philosophically relevant but not in the way that he himself does. But either way, conflicting opinions of intelligent people is a reason to not have an opinion, not the opposite (though personally I wouldn't consider Krauss an expert in theology). And I don't have a time machine nor would I ever want to travel to a past without electricity or modern plumbing | |
| Aug 18, 2014 at 7:12 | comment | added | nir | @Matt, Socrates used to have conversations with people who were confident in their opinion about something; I wonder how many lovers of wisdom would set the destination dial of a time machine to his time for an opportunity of having such a chat, as their first choice. | |
| Aug 18, 2014 at 6:59 | comment | added | nir | @Matt, Krauss has written a book explaining how something (our universe) comes from nothing, which Dawkins compared to "on the origin of species" with regards to its significance as a blow to the belief in God; however, David Albert explains quite simply and straight forwardly, why in his opinion they don't know what they are talking about. All of this is very relevant to the original argument and to the ongoing discussion; for example to the proposal of RexKerr "...to find experts who are demonstrably very accurate in certain conclusions...". | |
| Aug 17, 2014 at 22:15 | comment | added | That Guy | I don't understand your first point (or your second point either, but I'm assuming that it's a joke) | |
| Aug 17, 2014 at 21:46 | history | edited | nir | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 17, 2014 at 20:24 | history | answered | nir | CC BY-SA 3.0 |