The burden of proof is on the one who is staking claims.
You can be devoid of religion and mysticism and function fine. Religion is not a requirement of spiritual health or spiritual beliefs, which can be as simple as a perceived interconnectedness with the universe.
That other user’s response may have seemed brash, but I agree with his use of the literal philosophical term: bullshit.
This was taught to me in philosophy courses. There’s lying, bullshitting, and most heinous is mind-fucking. Those terms were written on the board and I was tested on them.
You made a bullshit claim. One that was bold, sweeping, and completely lacking supporting evidence. You cannot turn around now and demand others prove your claim wrong. The burden of proof is on you.
You can really talk down hey? I’m an atheist, spare me.
But seriously go do some research on biology. You telling me in a sneering way and calling bullshit on modern behavioral science / biology is laughable.
I’ll even suggest some search terms for you to get you going: “biology and religion”.
What’s laughable is you continuing to talk out of your ass and now talking down to someone who’s educational background is in psychology. I only took philosophy courses as a second passion.
You need to follow your own advice and read. And maybe take a critical thinking course from even a community college in your area.
Also, I wasn’t being a dick; you’re just hypersensitive. If you made a lie and I called out a lie, that’s not being a dick. Here, all I did was call out bullshit and point out that the burden of proof is on you. Just because you don’t like what I tell you, it doesn’t mean I’m being an asshole.
You are correct, magical thinking is a natural part of the human psyche. But, unless we have some sort of disorder, we can practice to recognize it and work with our more logic based mind when making decisions, instead of basing our decisions on emotion or superstition.
Oh wow! Such intelligent dialogue!
Since nothing I can say can match your immense wit, I’ll just say go read.
The burden of proof is on the one who is staking claims.
You can be devoid of religion and mysticism and function fine. Religion is not a requirement of spiritual health or spiritual beliefs, which can be as simple as a perceived interconnectedness with the universe.
That other user’s response may have seemed brash, but I agree with his use of the literal philosophical term: bullshit.
This was taught to me in philosophy courses. There’s lying, bullshitting, and most heinous is mind-fucking. Those terms were written on the board and I was tested on them.
You made a bullshit claim. One that was bold, sweeping, and completely lacking supporting evidence. You cannot turn around now and demand others prove your claim wrong. The burden of proof is on you.
Username checks out.
Oh wow. Medium. That’s a respectable source.
The source isn’t really ‘Medium’ but “Ethan Milne”, the author, Medium can be great depending on the author.
It’s a decent introductory breakdown of bullshit. It’s based on the published 1986 piece “On Bullshit” and you can follow the citations.
Here’s another source on the topic.
Here’s the Oxford reference.
From Plato.
Or if you want to drop $10, you can buy the actual On Bullshit publication from Princeton.
You can really talk down hey? I’m an atheist, spare me.
But seriously go do some research on biology. You telling me in a sneering way and calling bullshit on modern behavioral science / biology is laughable.
I’ll even suggest some search terms for you to get you going: “biology and religion”.
What’s laughable is you continuing to talk out of your ass and now talking down to someone who’s educational background is in psychology. I only took philosophy courses as a second passion.
You need to follow your own advice and read. And maybe take a critical thinking course from even a community college in your area.
Also, I wasn’t being a dick; you’re just hypersensitive. If you made a lie and I called out a lie, that’s not being a dick. Here, all I did was call out bullshit and point out that the burden of proof is on you. Just because you don’t like what I tell you, it doesn’t mean I’m being an asshole.
You are correct, magical thinking is a natural part of the human psyche. But, unless we have some sort of disorder, we can practice to recognize it and work with our more logic based mind when making decisions, instead of basing our decisions on emotion or superstition.
Oh look! Another edgelord teenager decided he was an atheist!