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.
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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.