Rational beliefs should be able to withstand scrutiny and opposing arguments. The inability to do so indicates that the belief is more about personal bias and emotional investment rather than objective analysis.

  • @[email protected]
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    -16 months ago

    Sunrise is a matter of perspective though and I don’t think it is a very well refined scientific explanation of a broad set evidence. Ask a polar bear or an emporer penguin at this time of year. Or consider the majority of places in our solar system.

    • @[email protected]
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      46 months ago

      that’s a hypothetical, not a counterargument.

      yes if i lived in one of the polar circles the sun may not rise. but i don’t live there.

      this whole thread just needs a dictionary and some tea. buncha ppl stressing out and arguing semantics about pretty well-defined terms.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      16 months ago

      Good point! At this time of the year one doesn’t need to go much further north from where I live for the sun to not set all all during the night. It’s called the midnight-sun.