kagetora wrote:Ditocoaf wrote:I missed most of this thread, being gone on a backpacking trip, but it's no matter… because right after I left, this short exchange basically summed up everything. I feel that there is no more that I can, or need to, say.
Visaoni wrote: I am just 99.9% sure God does not exist.
jay_a2j wrote:Good! Because I'm 150% sure that God does exist!
So does that prove that Visaoni knows more math sense than Jay?
It just sums up everything, ever. It's in what they said, how they said it, and what both of those things imply. There is so much meaning in those 8 words and 3 digits from each of them, that I'm sure I could never describe it all. Sure, there's the "math sense" thing. But also notice, for example:
Visaoni, said he was "just" sure, expressing that his sure-ness wasn't necessarily important, but nonexistance was just the option he figures is much more likely. Jay, representing religious arguers, counters by expressing that it is a competition between who is more certain: "I believe stronger than you believe, so my answer is more likely." This is the exact opposite of what Visaoni was just implying: the fact that Visaoni is
not 100% sure, shows that his opinion is more reasoned and thought-out. So one interperetation of the exchange could be this: "The fact that I've thought about it so much means I'm only
mostly certain, but the longer process also validates the outcome." "Well, I
know there's a god for sure; I never even had to think about it."
That's just one way to look at those two quotes... I could go on for pages.
