Gay Bishop

[bluehillside Retd.]

Vlad,

OK so why is it always fairies, Unicorns, leprechauns, spaghetti monsters ....and let's not forget.....Loch Ness Monsters?

Several reasons:

1. If you can think of a different unfalsifiable conjecture that doesn't seem ridiculous, then use it instead. I can't though.

2. Your "God" conjecture is just as ridiculous to me as my leprechauns conjecture is to you.

3. The ridiculousness of, say, an orbiting teapot serves well precisely to show how ridiculousness an argument will be when it leads to that conclusion and to "God" alike. That's what Russell chose it. Your complaint that the object is ridiculous doesn't undermine the argument - it affirms it     

[Nearly Sane]

Sorry? Come again?

nothing hard to understand, why are you lying about that as well? As ever I am fi cingithRxgi engage with you when you lie so consistently

[Walt Zingmatilder]

Vlad,

Several reasons:

1. If you can think of a different unfalsifiable conjecture that doesn't seem ridiculous, then use it instead. I can't though.

2. Your "God" conjecture is just as ridiculous to me as my leprechauns conjecture is to you.

3. The ridiculousness of, say, an orbiting teapot serves well precisely to show how ridiculousness an argument will be when it leads to that conclusion and to "God" alike. That's what Russell chose it. Your complaint that the object is ridiculous doesn't undermine the argument - it affirms it   

Russell was highly likely to have had a teapot which was orbiting the sun.

[bluehillside Retd.]

NS,

nothing hard to understand, why are you lying about that as well? As ever I am fi cingithRxgi engage with you when you lie so consistently

I genuinely can't tell whether Vlad's endless lying is pathological, or he just doesn't grasp even the simplest argument, or he's just a troll. I see no other option.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Vlad,

Russell was highly likely to have had a teapot which was orbiting the sun.

But not the Earth. Further evasion noted

[Walt Zingmatilder]

It's time for the Leprechaun quiz

A Leprechaun is
a) completely material
b)occasionally material
c) Not material at all.

Leprechauns, Invisible unicorns, spaghetti monsters are
a) ridiculous
b)occasionally ridiculous.
c)Not ridiculous at all.

Leprechauns are
a) falsifiable.
b)Occasionally falsifiable.
c) Unfalsifiable.

[Sebastian Toe]

It's time for the god quiz

A god is
a) completely material
b)occasionally material
c) Not material at all.

gods are
a) ridiculous
b)occasionally ridiculous.
c)Not ridiculous at all.

gods are
a) falsifiable.
b)Occasionally falsifiable.
c) Unfalsifiable.

[Walt Zingmatilder]

It's time for the god quiz

A god is
a) completely material
b)occasionally material
c) Not material at all.

gods are
a) ridiculous
b)occasionally ridiculous.
c)Not ridiculous at all.

gods are
a) falsifiable.
b)Occasionally falsifiable.
c) Unfalsifiable.

Bzzzzzzzzzzz Plagiarism

or to put it another way: I felt a little funny and SEBASTIAN TOE went on stage before it wore off.