| happydolphin said: Here, just looked it up. |
Good point, this could be a good invalidation. But I'm not familiar with the Bystander effect at all, so I won't make any statements about it just yet. Though I will say that after skimming through the wikipedia page, it gives a few explanations for why people ignore others, so there may still be legitimate reasons for the Bystander effect as well. But I'll have to read more up on it before i can feel confident in my opinion on it.
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But seriously, let's be honest, THE1. You're claim - Everyone does something for a reason - cannot be justified. The reason is because it cannot be falsified. It cannot be proven wrong, even in theory. The even idea of your claimcannot be proven wrong. Whenever ANYONE does ANYTHING, you can ALWAYS give some random reason for why they did it - BUT it is not possible to test, and therefore confirm, if those reasons are accurate. We have no way of knowing if those reasons are actually correct
For example, let's say Tommy was walking down the street and stopped to look at a bug. You could explain it by saying Johny stopped because the bug fascinated him and caught his attention. But let's say Johny didn't stop to look at the bug. You could explain it by saying Johny doesn't care about bugs because of the way he was raised. But let's say Johny stopped, but didn't look at the air. You could explain it by saying Johny felt a stiffness and his leg and need to stop to relieve the pain. But let's say Johny stopped and started dancing randomly. You could explain it by saying Johny suddenly felt a tingling sensation in his body which caused a mixture of chemicals in his brain to cause his body to want to dance. But let's say Johny ran in front of a truck and commited suicide. You could explain it by saying Johny had thouroughly considered the potential future of his life and had made the valid conclusion that his life was worthless. But let's say Johny started walking very slowly. You could explain by just saying "Johny felt like walking slow"
The problem is none of these explanations can be tested. As such, we don't know if they are actually true or not. I could pull some random explanation out of my ass everytime and you wouldn't be able to prove me wrong. It is impossible to prove anything if it cannot be tested. I'm pretty sure you've used that argument against religion before too.
