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You haven’t shown that an insurance decision is correct. You also didn’t show that a court decision is right.

Are you suggesting that insurance companies and courts simply roll the dice to come up with a verdict or conclusion? That none of the evidence presented means anything?

How do you make decisions if you can’t believe anything? I can’t imagine having a worldview where evidence counts for nothing and faith guides my every choice. It’s simply nonsensical.

Your faith is that evidence trumps all.

Evidence removes faith from the equation. And the more of it you have, the better the quality of the evidence, the more people can test the conclusion, etc., the stronger your claim/belief/hypothesis is.

This is something we learned as young children: “how did you come up with that result?” requires explanation. If you can’t explain it, then you have no understanding.

I’ve run out of ways to say it. Good luck!

You and me both. Best to you.

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You can’t explain logic so I’m not sure you have an understanding of the arguments you’re attempting to make. I’m not seeing any justification other than “I think it’s it right.” I’ve seen no counters to the quantitative philosophical propositions and a general lack of understanding of any of the things that underpin your belief system. You still haven’t explained why your system is right.

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You still haven’t explained why your system is right.

You’re asking me to explain why evidence (rather than faith) is required to substantiate a claim? Are you trolling?

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If it is so self-evident, you should be able to explain why your faith in evidence trumps anyone else’s faith in anything else. You don’t know why you believe what you believe and you’re completely incapable (so far, based on the evidence you’ve provided) of doing anything beyond “James Randi says it so it must be true.” You seem to blindly believe anything anyone in a position of authority states (courts, insurance always right provided they have a modicum of evidence to support their claim). You pound the “evidence trumps everything” pulpit yet can’t explain why, logically, that might make sense.

You remind me of the evangelicals I’m also not a fan of.

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