The fight over Darwin - Teaching evolution in schools

[appolose]

ManusJustus said:

appolose said:

ManusJustus said:

appolose said:

ManusJustus said:

appolose said:

ManusJustus said:

Why was your computer plugged in when you replied to my post?

Was it?  How could you or I prove it was?

Unplug what you think is your computer from what you think is the wall.  Then try to reply to my post.

And what will that prove?  That I have a computer?  That it needs a power cord?

It will make you unable to do whatever it is you think you are doing right now.

And what will that prove?  That there was a relationship between the plug and my computer (I still don't know if I even have a computer, or even if I did anything at all)?

Even if it did prove a relationship, it still doesn't tell me anything about reality, which is the point here.

It tells you something about reality.  Unplugging your computer from the wall will result in a known event.  The fact that you have not unplugged your computer from your wall shows me that you already know, just as I know, what that end result is.

Your very actions prove your argument false.  Its like talking to a fat dietician who is trying to sell you on his ice cream diet.

1.  You assume I have a computer. 

2. You assume my unpluggin it is connected to it being off.

3.  You assume that I can recognize the states of the computer

4.  You assume I haven't unplugged it.

5. You assume ect.

Whether or nor I assume the above list has no bearing on it being an unfounded assumption.  Even if I claimed that I did not assume those things (but really did), my hypocrisy has no bearing on my argument.