We just discovered a new moon orbiting a planet in our own solar system. It's been there throughout the entire age of humanity. We had no evidence of it, but it was still there. science.nasa.gov/blogs/webb/2...
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Sick of all these planets trying to outdue us with their secret moons. Time to Make Earth Great Again!
sep 1, 2025, 12:56 pm • 1 0 • view
A lack of evidence is not evidence. The question comes down to is there something that acts in the universe in a way that violates the laws of physics? i.e. supernaturally. We haven't found anything that violates those laws. So far any god is confined to following the rules. Not much of a god.
sep 1, 2025, 12:18 pm • 1 0 • view
*of absence. The full quote is, “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” ~ Sagan What's he's saying is just because you have absolutely no evidence of something, doesn't mean it isn't there.
sep 1, 2025, 12:26 pm • 2 0 • view
He was discussing Russell's teapot. The burden of proof lies with one making the claim.
sep 1, 2025, 12:32 pm • 1 0 • view
Russell used the words, to the effect of if there's no teapot, then it's unreasonable to believe in it. That I agree with. This isn't about a belief system. That said, history is littered with cases where human knowledge became aware of something it had no evidence of the day prior.
sep 1, 2025, 12:39 pm • 2 0 • view
And to duck back a few points. I would give absolute credence to a hypothetical undiscovered moon somewhere in the solar system. But a higher power that never manifests to non-believers? Too solipsistic for me. I need spare bandwidth to read comics and listen to doom metal
sep 1, 2025, 12:44 pm • 0 0 • view
You're still referring to "Bible God". Which is absolutely not what I'm talking about. It could be anything. It could be the "ego" character in Guardians of the Galaxy. It could be that our Universe exists in someone particle collider, and there Universe in another... could by anything.
sep 1, 2025, 12:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Of course, but I run out of ink and paper long before I can factor those possibilities in. My world is bound by what we know. Open to new discoveries and challenges to orthodoxy. But I have so much to learn about what we have, I can’t spare time for improbable conjecture. Different viewpoints is all
sep 1, 2025, 12:52 pm • 1 0 • view
We still know very little. The rate of discovery has always increased historically on exponential scales and will continue to do so unless we hit physical or economic limits, or the pace of discovery exceeds human comprehension. But science requires an open mind and not being absolute on unknowns.
sep 1, 2025, 1:03 pm • 2 0 • view