Some beliefs which you think have been disproved, or not proven to your satisfaction. Perhaps mention any that I should have included and that might go into some other thread. 
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Another poll about beliefs
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PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
All of them haven't been proven to my satisfaction.
I was really tempted to not mark any of them, honestly. Disproven under what assumptions? Are we supposed to assume infantile literalism, or more nuanced interpretations of storytelling and meaning? And what does it mean to exist, precisely?
The poll is asking if they've been "disproven to your satisfaction," not "proven to your satisfaction."
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
The poll isn't asking if any of these have been proven to your satisfaction. It's asking if they've been disproven to your satisfaction.
For example, it's not asking if the claim that global warming doesn't exist has been proven to your satisfaction. They're asking if the claim has been refuted satisfactorily where you can be confident that global warming is real, thereby dismissing the claim that it isn't.
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
Oh. I see now.
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
Young Earth Creationism
Flat Earth
Never visiting the moon
Adam and Eve
Noah's Ark
Flat Earth
Never visiting the moon
Adam and Eve
Noah's Ark
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Evil? Proof? Confused.
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
- Boris Johnson is capable of empathy
- Suella Braverman is not a racist
- Liz Truss is intelligent
I'm just gonna change my vote now to the one that has the fewest votes. Partially because I find it hilarious that that of all things has the fewest votes. It says an awful lot about humanity as a species (non-representative sample size notwithstanding) and it's willingness to be really quite judgemental about things.
The first six have been disproved to my satisfaction. The last four are not proven to my satisfaction (they are unfalsifiable).
Amongst my non-votes was "the paranormal exists." This requires clarification: I believe that Paranormal experiences exist...that is, people have experiences that are classified as paranormal. Whether they are genuinely paranormal or not is up for debate...at least, I haven't been convinced, despite my own experiences...
This post is oozing with irony.
As in more like the religious concept of evil - perhaps being innate - rather than the term meaning the worst sort of behaviour/actions that we can imagine.
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
OK. How does one know if such behaviour is innate or not?
Well, it might be but does it deserve some 'evil' label?
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Why not?
- adjective Morally bad or wrong; wicked.
- adjective Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful.
- adjective Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous.
- adjective Bad or blameworthy by report; infamous.
- adjective Characterized by anger or spite; malicious.
- noun The quality of being morally bad or wrong; wickedness.
Seems a useful word...
Not when it implies nothing can be done and often related to 'being born as such'. Why not use some other term that was not so loaded - and where change/development might be available? The term just sounds too religious and irredeemable, and is often used this way. I think it is evil to do so.