29779, RE: be specific Posted by moot_point, Thu Mar-31-05 08:01 AM
> >Are you posing that scenario under the presupposition that "a >person who can turn another into a rabbit" can exist? Or are >you assuming out-of-hand that this type of person does not >exist.
Nice try! The presupposition is quite clear; that this person does not exist.
>If you begin by allowing for the existence of such a person, >100 false rabbit-prophets do not in ANY way effect the odds of >number 101... all things being equal. > > >See this?
Of course your point is clear. Person 101 is mutually exclusive from the 100 false prophets before him.
>You have to make explicit the presupposition you're beginning >from.
However, the supposition was clear; that no individual can turn another into a rabbit. The mention of 'odds' was sarcasm and you know it!
>This is probably one of the most crucial issues and broadly >misunderstood concepts in the materialist vs. supernaturalist >discorse.
You tried to muddy the conceptual waters here, not Oldpro. In any case, it was jenNjuice who misunderstood the materialist/supernaturalist dichotomy (post 59.) by attempting to establish a similarity between 100 people stating that the sky is blue (materialist) and 100 people dreaming of the same premonition (supernaturalist)..
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