[extropy-chat] Atheists launch inquisition...

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Brett Paatsch <bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Mike Lorrey wrote:
> 
> > It is clear that those going on, poking at me about "believing in
> > the tooth fairy" are irrational atheists, who may know some
> > philosophical jive to rationalize their faith, but are ultimately
> > believers in atheism purely for emotional reasons. Their snide
> > 'tooth fairy' attacks are clear evidence of this.
> >
> > If such people are so intent on holding onto their atheism, then
> they
> > are going to need to rationally and logically answer the Simulation
> > Argument, demolishing its premise that we are likely in a
> simulation,
> > and otherwise prove conclusively that a posthuman society would
> never
> > run ancestor simulations, or that intelligent technological
> societies
> > always destroy themselves short of reaching post-humanity. This is
> the
> > challenge. In the years since Bostrom, Hanson, and others have
> > developed the concept, I have not seen any significant attempt by
> the
> > atheist community to try to disprove the simulation fork of the
> > argument.
> >
> > My main assertion is that they must answer this challenge to remain
> > relevant, or else cede their position or admit to being a religious
> > faith outright. Why are they so afraid of the challenge?
> 
> I'm not sure I know exactly what you mean by the Simulation Argument
> capitalised as you have it Mike. I think I've real essays to the
> effect that
> the world 'we' live in could be a simulation (I think Nick Bostrom
> was the author of at least one of those) but I'm not sure I've read
> the exact Argument you're referring too.

Go to http://www.simulation-argument.com

> 
> Do you think the Simulation Argument is falsifiable?
> 
> Do you agree that if a proposition is not falsifiable it cannot be
> "proven" wrong?

=====
Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


	
		
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