Re: Meaning of Zero and All, Application to archaeology

From: Philip Deitiker (Donevenask_at_worlnet.att.net)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 02:01:32 GMT

"Steve Marcus" <smarcus_spamout_@cox.net> says in
news:mAhJd.23009$EG1.20665@lakeread04:

>> What I said was provided there was decent sampling. What you
>> are in essense is that if you believe one thing, no amount of
>> sampling or no increases in sampling would ever convince you
>> that your belief is wrong. By definition that is looking at
>> science from a religious or creationist point of view. And if
>> you believe that why should anyone here discuss anything with
>> you. 'Fuzzy' is an excuse. Had you countered with gee, 'the
>> sample is never adequate or I have found few to no studies'
>> that were unbiased in the sampling, and begun a debate about
>> weaknesses in sample. But your basic statement is that no
>> amount of science that indicates something does not exist is
>> satisfactory to you, ever. That is called religion.
>>
>>
> Now you're beginning to finally get a handle on Stevens. I call
> it "defending his cherished beliefs." He is so wrong on this
> that it's hilarious. He keeps ignoring the difference between
> "the absence of any evidence that X causes Y is an indication
> that X does not cause Y" and "the absence of evidence that X
> causes Y does not prove that X does not cause Y." He is doing
> that intentionally.

It does seem he is actively promoting some kind of denial.
Decent scholars can disagree on the rigorousness of evidence, in fact
I would say it is a responsibility of acedemicians to critique the
rigorous of evidence. However to set a position of beleif that no
amount of evidence is ever convincing to alter a point of view is
a bit astounding. I don't think it's hilarious, its pitiful. 

-- 
Philip
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