ant wrote:an entire world view based on what, a web of belief?
do you want to break this down for us all and tell us which theoretical statements in your web of belief are tied to assumptions and which are not?
Yes, my worldview is a web of belief. Every point in my worldview is tied to one assumption or another. I will start, and give you a couple of initial assumptions required for my worldview, then you need to do the same for your worldview. Agreed? Or is this a one way discussion?
The first assumption is that my senses are giving me accurate information about the world. I trust them, I assume what I see is what there is. Another assumption is that inductive reasoning can lead to mostly true conclusions, as long as the sample size is large enough.
Your turn, list a few of your assumptions. I'm not going to have a conversation with a sniper ant.
Flann wrote:That's really your faith Interbane. There's an assumption there as ant has pointed out.
There are assumptions behind all knowledge Flann. Just because there is an assumption used in the construction of a worldview does not mean the worldview is false, or that it isn't justified. We can go deeper here if you wish, and talk about what it means for something to be justified.
My comment wasn't faith. It is a conclusion based on a great deal of evidence and reasoning. I can't give you all this information, because it's taken years to accrue. But you're certainly welcome to examine it, and determine if I was justified in being persuaded by the information. I can take a picture of my bookshelf at home, and we can pick a book to start with.
Flann wrote:You talk about cracks but there's a chasm between living and non living matter.
That is simply false. There is deep debate regarding the boundary problem of life vs non-life. Read the first paragraph of this article:
https://molbio.mgh.harvard.edu/szostakw ... 2_JBSD.pdf
Chance not intelligence creates codes and so forth.
Intelligence creates codes. Chance alone does not. You truly don't understand my worldview Flann. You are attacking what you don't understand. I'm serious about discussing various books that build an understanding of evolution, as well as some that give guidance on understanding abiogenesis.