Re:Believing without evidence is always morally wrong
by sharemywin on Monday November 05, 2018 @09:53AM
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It's not practical to be everywhere all at once to record first hand every event. So, at some point you need to rely on others. The more limited your resources the more you need to rely on others.
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Re:Believing without evidence is always morally wrong
by rendall on Monday November 05, 2018 @10:14AM
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In my opinion, that supports the thesis even further. It's not necessary to believe something is true in order to use the information: one can provisionally accept it until more information comes in. Ideally, this is how the scientific method works.
Re:Believing without evidence is always morally wrong
by imartin2k on Monday November 05, 2018 @11:36AM
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Agree.
Also many people ignore that it is actually possible to accept that something is unknown, at least at a given moment.
Many of the most absurd beliefs are the consequence of people not being able to accept that there is not an answer (yet) for a phenomenon. So instead, they rely on "believing" to create an illusion of certainty for themselves.