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Thread #154253   Message #3617873
Posted By: Steve Shaw
12-Apr-14 - 09:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: Don't argue from ignorance
Subject: RE: BS: Don't argue from ignorance
"Since I know of no scientific explanation, it must be ..." (enter your favourite explanation, scientific or not) - a clear fallacy

Well I'm not clear whether you agree with the fellow or not (I won't fence-sit: I agree with everything he says in the clip). In "enter your favourite explanation", it would be perfectly feasible to enter "that a supernatural being who breaks all the rules, who no-one has ever seen and for whom we have no evidence created everything in the universe, in fact, the universe itself..." Interesting that the chap who started this thread, who is clearly a Tyson fan but who also espouses belief in God, didn't see the potential for that little trip-up.

So, Jack, what is the guy saying, and what do you think of what he's saying? Make a commitment here, not just a link. Even ignorant people can make links, thereby avoiding the pratfalls of arguing from ignorance.

Well said, by the way.