Challenge to Science

@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
December 3, 2007 8:34am CST
Using the same restriction you place on spiritual beliefs, prove to me that the element Roentgenium (111) exists. 1) You can't reference a book that was written by someone you don't personally know, or have talked to directly. 2) You can't reference someone else's experiment, unless you have reproduced it yourself, and got the same results. 3) You can't reference your own feelings or thoughts or opinions unless you can back it up with physical evidence. 4) You can't use any evidence that I can't see, touch, hear, taste or feel. Have fun, and good luck.
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@MntlWard (878)
• United States
3 Dec 07
Spiritual beliefs are almost universally matters of faith, and therefore they're unprovable. Who's asking you to prove your spiritual beliefs?
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
3 Dec 07
Everyone who tells me that says God doesn't exist, just because I can't prove it. Well, almost everyone who accepts the existence of element 111 can't prove it exists either. ;~D
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@MntlWard (878)
• United States
4 Dec 07
Yeah, most people who follow science probably haven't actually done the scientific work personally, so they're putting a bit of faith in the scientific world, just like some people put faith in a god.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
13 Dec 07
Exactly! I mean, how many people have actually done the process that creates element 111? Less than 50! Everyone else is merely taking their word for it.