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Originally posted by Tony Shepps
Well, I just figure that faith in the truth of others is different from faith in something you can't possibly prove.
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That's true...but remember, there's no real proof in science...strong support, but no proof.
*college classes in biology and psychology coming back to him* Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!
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A speaker I saw once pulled this on a crowd. "OK, stand up if you believe that E equals M C squared." Almost everyone stood up. "Now sit down if you can explain it." Most sat down. Moral: you believe things you don't understand all the time.
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Especially given that E=MC2 has been generally refuted these days. Lord knows there are a lot of things out there that we perceive to be true, but may not be the case. And as you mentioned, sometimes, we just take some people's words for it.
*recalling the job interview I had yesterday, in which the job worked along this premise* Dear God...
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As for the finals question, I would have assumed the question was just an abbreviation of "Can we prove that existence exists?" and would have taken an hour to rehash everything I knew about that. That probably would have gotten a B as well. The A answer might be "I think, therefore I am."
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This story was from the same guy whose class was fun, but exams were mind-numbing experiences. I got a 9 out of 100 on my final--it was good for a D.