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Re: Critical Thinking
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Date: 
Fri, 1 Dec 2000 21:41:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
Digging around, looking for something else, I ran across this rather
interesting cite...

http://www.csicop.org/si/9012/critical-thinking.html

Anyone here have reason to disagree with it? It is in the context of
evaluating paranormal claims, but has bearing on a lot of what we've been
bandying about lately.

It's just a restatement of scientific method, of course, but well written.

If someone wants to dispute it, I'm all ears.

Sad fellow there.
I guess that's what we get out of academia these days.
He purports to add creationism to his list of "current" topics, and then
requires an obviously supernatural event, to stand up to a 'replicability'
test.

I better get started on creating everything again.

By his standard - the Big Bang theory wouldn't holdup either - AND it is far
more "current" of a theory than creationism. (sigh)
-Jon



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(...) The difference, without generating yet another sub-debate, is that the Big Bang can be retroactively derived from observable and replicable events. The Creation reported in Genesis is by definition (as you've noted) a supernatural event that (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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Digging around, looking for something else, I ran across this rather interesting cite... (URL) here have reason to disagree with it? It is in the context of evaluating paranormal claims, but has bearing on a lot of what we've been bandying about (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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