On Aug 14, 1:23 am, Michael Gordge <mikegor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Aug 14, 1:28 pm, Immortalist <reanimater_2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > You yourself
> > have just admitted that there is always a chance for error.....
>
> ****ing disgusting liar, I did no such thing, context dropping is a
> sign of the dishonest and desperate. Man's knowledge is contextual, I
> was very specific and gave the context.
>
Then you are requesting a retraction of the statement you made
equating predictions with faith?
Gordge said;
The best you can ever do, with the concept man has called the future,
is to make predictions based on the exact continuation of current
situation/s and man's current knowledge.
Here is where you said it;
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.philosophy/msg/ea7c120054d77596
> > I was merely claiming that these are probabilities not
> > certainties.
>
> So why dont you explain the uncertainties you have about what would
> happen to your head and life if it was left totally submerged in a
> bucket of 100% pure sulphuric acid.
>
I may have strong beliefs about the high probability that I would die,
but this does not make my beliefs absolutely certain and with
absolutely not chance of error.
> MG
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