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minus-squareEnkrod@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThe difference is that realising you lack belief because of absence of evidence is the product of sound reasoning. Realising that you do believe in something because of an absence of evidence is not.
minus-squareHardlightCereal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoOh, you mean like how I don’t believe in an objective reality beyond my senses because of absence of evidence. And how believing in reality because you don’t personally agree with the evidence against it is unsound.
The difference is that realising you lack belief because of absence of evidence is the product of sound reasoning.
Realising that you do believe in something because of an absence of evidence is not.
Oh, you mean like how I don’t believe in an objective reality beyond my senses because of absence of evidence. And how believing in reality because you don’t personally agree with the evidence against it is unsound.