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Re:Zen Buddhism and Alan Watts by jvagner on Sunday October 05, 2014 @11:26AM (#8412510)
There are spiritual observations that precede science. Saying that there isn't scientific evidence for anything is simplying stating that there isn't scientific evidence for something YET. And, showing how science has met spiritual observations, down the road, lends credence to the validity of the earliest explorations of existence.
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Re:Zen Buddhism and Alan Watts by derefr on Sunday October 05, 2014 @11:37AM (#8412527)
> Saying that there isn't scientific evidence for anything is simplying stating that there isn't scientific evidence for something YET.

It can also be a weasel-y way of avoiding mentioning that there is plenty of scientific evidence favouring the null hypothesis when tested against that something. E.g. mind-reading.

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Re:Zen Buddhism and Alan Watts by ajani on Sunday October 05, 2014 @12:14PM (#8412612)
What you are saying is:

A: If an observation has no evidence, then the evidence is yet to come.

B: If an observation now has evidence, it validates the observation.

It's circular.

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