Poll: Is Anything Possible?
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Yep, I believe anything is possible, if only because to believe the other way around would mean a pretty bleak existence. Plus its a hell of a lot more fun to believe anything is possible than to set limits for yourself.
Edit: Slightly after posting this, it got dark outside and a hailstorm happened, it lasted for a minute or two then it stopped and two rainbows appeared. Coincedence? Don't know, but its pretty cool either way.
Edit: Slightly after posting this, it got dark outside and a hailstorm happened, it lasted for a minute or two then it stopped and two rainbows appeared. Coincedence? Don't know, but its pretty cool either way.
This thread isn't for arguing whether it is plausible or not. If the alien race declares war all at once then I would say it is probable but if say the aliens take out a random country I am not sure the rest of the world would be willing to jump up.Aylaine said:
rather than get into a loong discussion bout this, i think the "Matrix" paradox is enough to prove my point. you have no way of proving you are in the Matrix, but how can you say for sure you aren't? the same argument can easily extend to everything we think we know about reality and sciences
Which is why our society works by proving that something is real rather than proving that it isn't.Shankity Stick said:
Circa, prove the giant invisible, scientifically undetectable flying spaghetti monster isn't real. We know it isn't, but you can't prove it.
This logic would allow the spaghetti monster to exist.
Instead, I cannot prove the spaghetti monster exists(and if it leaves no evidence of it's existence then it had might as well not exist, makes no difference). So we can go on with our lives without worrying about pirates and their effects on global warming.
In the OP's scenario, yes anything is possible, but since the OP cannot prove that he is NOT a reincarnation of Hitler, out to use this thread to do evil. I say we don't trust him.
Of course there is magic
In seriousness, you cannot absolutely disprove something unless it and some other condition are logically mutually exclusive.
If x cannot exist at the same time as y, and you prove y, x cannot exist.
Otherwise, you can't disprove something. I can claim the solidity of evolution makes it to where I don't need to believe in a god, but there would be nothing stopping a god from creating evolution so proving evolution will not disprove a god (x can exist at the same time as y).
In short, you can't disprove magic, the lochnes monster and alien brain slugs, but I don't see that as adequate reason to believe in them.
In seriousness, you cannot absolutely disprove something unless it and some other condition are logically mutually exclusive.
If x cannot exist at the same time as y, and you prove y, x cannot exist.
Otherwise, you can't disprove something. I can claim the solidity of evolution makes it to where I don't need to believe in a god, but there would be nothing stopping a god from creating evolution so proving evolution will not disprove a god (x can exist at the same time as y).
In short, you can't disprove magic, the lochnes monster and alien brain slugs, but I don't see that as adequate reason to believe in them.
If anything is possible then something being impossible is possible.
Sorry if you got brain juice on you monitor now....
Sorry if you got brain juice on you monitor now....
We don't have to. If you cannot prove that something exists, then it already does not exist, so you can't go trying to make a comeback by saying that you can't prove it doesn't exist.Shankity Stick said:
Just to make it clear this is in context with me telling my gf why God doesn't exist.
Your question is unfair; just because you can't prove something isn't possible doesn't mean it really isn't.
Also, as all engineers, scientists, and mathematicians are aware, nothing will ever be completely proven or disproven. Even the theory and the existence of gravitational acceleration is technically "up in the air" due to the inability of humans to prove anything, but do you question it?
I am a male, but how do I prove it? We define what it is to be male, so it is subjective, and therefore impervious to proof. We assign designations to everything to that we can communicate them with each other, and in doing so render them obsolete to anything or anyone that doesn't speak our language.
Is anything possible? I don't believe so, not in the lexical sense. It is impossible for a gas to be a solid, because, according to our definition of both, one cannot exist as the other. It is impossible for a triangle to be a rectangle. It is impossible for black to be white. It is impossible for a 1957 Chevy Pickup to be a 2009 Chevy Silverado. And so on.
Also, as all engineers, scientists, and mathematicians are aware, nothing will ever be completely proven or disproven. Even the theory and the existence of gravitational acceleration is technically "up in the air" due to the inability of humans to prove anything, but do you question it?
I am a male, but how do I prove it? We define what it is to be male, so it is subjective, and therefore impervious to proof. We assign designations to everything to that we can communicate them with each other, and in doing so render them obsolete to anything or anyone that doesn't speak our language.
Is anything possible? I don't believe so, not in the lexical sense. It is impossible for a gas to be a solid, because, according to our definition of both, one cannot exist as the other. It is impossible for a triangle to be a rectangle. It is impossible for black to be white. It is impossible for a 1957 Chevy Pickup to be a 2009 Chevy Silverado. And so on.
