[MD] Science and the MOQ

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Krimel <Krimel at Krimel.com>:

> DM,
> 
> I am not saying that we can avoid making assumptions. I'm saying we should
> avoid making stupid assumptions. When we ask others to make assumptions with
> us we should be prepared to explain why. The conscious germ and electron
> assumptions offer nothing in the way of explanatory power. All I can see
> that they do is offer a bogus sense of identity. Rather like, "If I were an
> electron I know that I would prefer this state to that state and I would
> want to do thus and so." Now if there is some serious advantage to this line
> of thinking, great. But Platt has certainly not been forthcoming with it. I
> can tell you are sympathetic but really have not shown me much either.
> 
> The question is not whether we make assumptions, it is about what kind of
> assumption we make and why.

To assume germs and electrons are not conscious offers nothing in the way of
explanatory power either. All it explains is that the one making the assumption
is an entrenched materialist.



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