Geoff wrote:
> Roy Jose Lorr wrote:
>
>
>>>>>>>>The atheist's 'there is no God' is a positive assertion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>No. It's the abridged version of "there is *no* evidence for any
>>>>>>>gods, therefore we reject the god hypothesis".>
>>>>>>>Take a stab at hypothesis testing. Rejecting a hypothesis is
>>>>>>>*not* the same as accepting one. Don't come back until you have
>>>>>>>tried to master this concept. Related topic: why is a verdict to
>>>>>>>acquit deemed "not guilty" instead of "innocent"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Riight!
>>>>>
>>>>>Too much for you, eh?
>>>>
>>>>Nonsense is too much... period.
>>>
>>>Oh, applied statistics and hypothesis testing are nonsense! The
>>>things I learn on Usenet!
>
>
> We've been down that road before, dipshit. You've read a course synopsis.
> Great! Have you read the book? By your own admission, no. Is Kuhn the
> ultimate authority on reality? Definitively no.
How do you know I haven't read Kuhn extensively. Why make up a lie
about me to cover your lack of knowledge in the matter?
I provide the url so that you could introduce yourself to some relevant
knowledge.
>
> Does anything Kuhn wrote have *anything* at all to do with this thread?
> Nope. Just Hosehead throwing out red herrings and trying to divert attention
> away from the fact that he doesn't know shit about hypothesis testing.
There you go again, making up lies you wish were true.
You brought up 'applied statistics and hypothesis testing'. The reading
I suggested for you is absolutely relevant to both.
>
>
>>>>I'm not the one obsessed with proving that something I believe
>>>>doesn't exist, doesn't exist.
>>>
>>>Neither am I. Nice try, Skippy!
>>
>>Riight!
>
>
> Go ahead and show one instance...just one...in all the years I have been
> posting on Usenet...where i have tried to prove that God doesn't exist. I
> won't hold my breath.>
> Point, Geoff. Score: Geoff 37 - Hosehead ziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!
Do you believe God exists or don't you. Try to answer the question
without resorting to childish hysterics, as above.
>
>
>>>>No religious fanatic is more obsessed with God
>>>>than the atheist.
>>>
>>>Even if that were true, it still wouldn't add one bit credence to
>>>the "god" hypothesis. No amount of Nessie skeptics are going to make
>>>a plesiosaur materialize in any Scottish loch, despite how
>>>"obsessed" they are with this product of fevered imagination and
>>>single-malts.
>>
>>And you say, your not obsessed with God?... LOL
>
>
> Wow...right over your head. *whooooooooooosh*
Riight!
