This is what pathological skeptics believe

[Batman Jr.]

AAAAAARGH!

I NEVER SAID THAT.

It's not an unfounded assumption, because I NEVER SAID THAT.

I'm sorry. You're right. What I meant to say is that you think solipsism is more likely to cause randomness than materialism, but that doesn't change the rest of my argument, and the presumption still remains unfounded.

Originally posted by PixyMisa
That is not even conceptually possible.

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by PixyMisa
And again this is why solipsism is completely useless.

Yes, you're preaching to the choir. It is, however, also why materialism is completely useless as well.

Originally posted by PixyMisa
Anything at all, ANYTHING, is consistent with solipsism.

Materialism, however, says some things don't happen. Because of that, materialism helps us understand the world, and decide how to respond appropriately to our experiences. What's more, materialism works.

Materialism says nothing about what happens and doesn't happen. It merely says that whatever happens occurs in a literal sense. Our self-consistent experiences, which are not determined to be either materialistic or solipsistic, tell us about their own mechanics. On solipsism, a contradictory philosophy such as materialism would be inconsistent with it.

 

[Skepiroth]

don't they realize that if there was a SHRED of legit evidence in favor of psi, telekinesis, telepathy, etc... that scientists would be investigating the hell out of it? I mean come on, proving that "psi" exists would be a shoe-in for a Nobel Prize.

 

[Garrette]

Originally posted by New Skeptic:

don't they realize that if there was a SHRED of legit evidence in favor of psi, telekinesis, telepathy, etc... that scientists would be investigating the hell out of it? I mean come on, proving that "psi" exists would be a shoe-in for a Nobel Prize.

Realize it? I don't know, but they will deny it and rationalize it.

By "they" I mean people of the ilk of Open Mind.