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Old August 18th, 2003, 04:02 AM
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Default Re: OT - Scientific proof that there is no afterlife!

[quote]Originally posted by Tigbit:
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Originally posted by General Woundwort:
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Does historical evidence qualify? Or eyewitness testimony?
Only if it can be tested under controled conditions. Testimony cannot be tested.

Such a standard is pretty much a death knell to history as a serious field of study. The standards of scientific experimentation are fine in their intended place (study of physical/energy processes), but when applied to the rest of life (which is *not* a "controlled environment") you end up with very little. That's why positivism died out as a viable philosophy.
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