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Perhaps no hypothesis has ever been proven to be definitively true, but it is possible to proof that at hypothesis is false, e.g. the moon is not made of cheese

by Gupie 6y ago

Perhaps no hypothesis has ever been proven to be definitively true, but it is possible to proof that at hypothesis is false, e.g. the moon is not made of cheese, the earth is not flat. Also you can estimate the likelihood that a hypothesis is true or false, e.g. hypothesis that Covid-19 is caused by a virus is extremely likely to be true, that is is caused by 5G signals extremely likely to be false.

galaxyLogic 6y ago
The way to counter and shed light on conspiracy theories is to construct an alternative similar theory and then ask, why do you believe this instead of this? Say you believe that Hillary is a pedophile. Why don't you believe that Donald Trump is?
- Geminidog 6y ago
  You're just questioning your own biases. Your own bias has nothing to do with whether or not someone is a pedophile. Wherever you bias lies, if someone obtained pictures of Hillary conducting pedophilic actions your bias will be irrelevant against the content of those pictures.
  - galaxyLogic 6y ago
    I'm thinking more of the case where there is clear evidence but there also are people who refuse to believe the evidence. I may produce some evidence but you say it is manufactured. In such case how can I convince you you should open your mind to the possibility that the evidence is real? I think one way might be to get the person to question their reasons for why they believe them, why not as well believe something else? In such a case an honest and open-minded person might say hey maybe I believe what I have believed so far because that is what I WANT to believe. Say I believe Trump won the election. Maybe I believe so because I want to believe it is true.
Geminidog 6y ago
I'm not arguing for a flat earth or against global warming. Far from it. Why does everyone have to politicize everything? I am arguing for the true nature of reality. Don't read into this, I'm not saying anything about those topics or conspiracy theories. I am simply adding an addendum to the post above mine... that IS all. This isn't some philosophical conjecture either. There are many examples of my point in science. For example: Newtons laws of motion. Newtons laws of physics are now to our knowledge ultimately wrong. These laws were once fundamental to science and part of our common sense. We now know that these laws were never actually proven to be true. Subsequent observations have verified that Newton was in fact ultimately wrong and that relativity is ultimately the more accurate theory. Yet relativity has not yet been proven to be true. Nor can we ever prove it to be true. It will always be and shall always be open to disproof. Scientists are fully aware of this that's why a good number of theoretical physicists are trying to work out an alternative theory. This is literally what the scientific method is, I'm not pulling this out my ass. How facts like this applies to a conspiracy is not something I remarked about. "No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong." -Albert Einstien

by Gupie 6y ago

galaxyLogic 6y ago

The way to counter and shed light on conspiracy theories is to construct an alternative similar theory and then ask, why do you believe this instead of this? Say you believe that Hillary is a pedophile. Why don't you believe that Donald Trump is?

Geminidog 6y ago
You're just questioning your own biases. Your own bias has nothing to do with whether or not someone is a pedophile. Wherever you bias lies, if someone obtained pictures of Hillary conducting pedophilic actions your bias will be irrelevant against the content of those pictures.
- galaxyLogic 6y ago
  I'm thinking more of the case where there is clear evidence but there also are people who refuse to believe the evidence. I may produce some evidence but you say it is manufactured. In such case how can I convince you you should open your mind to the possibility that the evidence is real? I think one way might be to get the person to question their reasons for why they believe them, why not as well believe something else? In such a case an honest and open-minded person might say hey maybe I believe what I have believed so far because that is what I WANT to believe. Say I believe Trump won the election. Maybe I believe so because I want to believe it is true.

Geminidog 6y ago

I'm not arguing for a flat earth or against global warming. Far from it. Why does everyone have to politicize everything? I am arguing for the true nature of reality. Don't read into this, I'm not saying anything about those topics or conspiracy theories. I am simply adding an addendum to the post above mine... that IS all. This isn't some philosophical conjecture either. There are many examples of my point in science. For example: Newtons laws of motion. Newtons laws of physics are now to our knowledge ultimately wrong. These laws were once fundamental to science and part of our common sense. We now know that these laws were never actually proven to be true. Subsequent observations have verified that Newton was in fact ultimately wrong and that relativity is ultimately the more accurate theory. Yet relativity has not yet been proven to be true. Nor can we ever prove it to be true. It will always be and shall always be open to disproof. Scientists are fully aware of this that's why a good number of theoretical physicists are trying to work out an alternative theory. This is literally what the scientific method is, I'm not pulling this out my ass. How facts like this applies to a conspiracy is not something I remarked about. "No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong." -Albert Einstien