<<Just because non-natural forces cannot be verified does not necessarily mean non-existent. >>
What does "exist" mean if it has no physical consequences? Does the invisible pink unicorn exist? If you don't limit the word "exist" to what can be verified, then "exist" can refer to anything you can imagine and so becomes meaningless. <<For instance, love. How would one objectively measure (verify) love? >> Love is an emotional state that could be detected inside an MRI by seeing which sections of the brain were active. There are also biochemical components to this emotion. Love is also measurable via behavior. Parents sacrifice for their children and husbands and wives sacrifice for each other. Love clearly exists. <<the color blue How can that be verified? It surely exist. It might not be your blue but something exist. The color blue exist irrespective of verification. >> Blue is a specific frequency of electromagnetic radiation. Our subjective impressions of this frequency rely on biochemical reactions taking place within the eye when excited by this radiation. Whether our subjective impressions of blue are the same or not is pretty much irrelevant. How do we know our subjective impressions of anything are the same? When you're cold, do you perhaps feel what I do when I'm hot? This sort of thing isn't knowable yet. Perhaps it will be, perhaps it won't. Perhaps the question is meaningless. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
