[grey_whiskers]

My God! You're FUNNY!

Here, let's parse this. :-)

I do not expect to be viewed as a logician. I have very little interest in science, philosophy, or logic. I am telling you what I have observed and the conclusions I have come to.

<snip>

I have experienced my own mind. I have not experienced my own "soul." I have not seen anything in my human experience that is not accounted for by a basic understanding of biology, chemistry, and the phsyical laws of nature. But try to understand. It doesn't mean I am a keen student of biology, chemistry, or physics.

OK -- so without the wherewithal to be a judge of science, philosophy, or logic, you nonetheless accept the conclusions of science as being disposative.

This, without understanding the philosophical underpinnings of science, the logical thought to know when the conclusions are either warranted, or sufficient, or the knowledge of the science itself.

That leaves...belief.

And *there* is your belief system, oh shallow one.

Trivial counterexample to accepting the word of scientists on its own authority:

1) Heliobacter pylori

2) Anthropogenic Global Warming

Cheers!

[metmom]

FOTFLOL!!!!

[Matchett-PI]

You wrote: “...OK — so without the wherewithal to be a judge of science, philosophy, or logic, you nonetheless accept the conclusions of science as being disposative. This, without understanding the philosophical underpinnings of science, the logical thought to know when the conclusions are either warranted, or sufficient, or the knowledge of the science itself. That leaves...belief. And *there* is your belief system, oh shallow one. ...”

A_Perfect_Lady loves to accuse others of “circular and fallacious reasoning” while obliviously engaging in it herself:

Argument from authority
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

Argument from authority (also known as appeal to authority or argumentum ad verecundiam) is a special type of inductive argument which often takes the form of a statistical syllogism

Although certain classes of argument from authority do on occasion constitute strong inductive arguments, arguments from authority are commonly used in a fallacious manner.

LOL

[Alamo-Girl]

LOLOL!

[YHAOS]

“And *there* is your belief system, oh shallow one.”

Snort! (chuckle)

Quite so, my grey whiskered FRiend!

[betty boop]

...without the wherewithal to be a judge of science, philosophy, or logic, you nonetheless accept the conclusions of science as being disposative.... This, without understanding the philosophical underpinnings of science, the logical thought to know when the conclusions are either warranted, or sufficient, or the knowledge of the science itself....That leaves...belief.

Outstanding observations, dear grey_whiskers! Thank you so very much!