Not Up to Fatima & black holes

Brian Dean errancy@infidels.org
Sun, 08 Aug 1999 17:04:45 -0400 (00934164285, 37ADF0EC.96E4C5D2@worldnet.att.net)



> >BRIDEAN
> >I claim that there is a black hole in the apartment next to me. You admit
> >that black
> >holes are possible. Since this would NOT contradict any natural laws why would
> >you be skeptical?
>
> Ray
> How ridiculous can you get? It wouldn't violate any natural laws if you
> claimed to be regularly screwing all the best looking starlets in
> Hollywood, but I wouldn't beleieve it. Seeing as a myriad of scientists
> (who obviously know an infinitude more than you do about black holes) have
> only recently agreed that they have finally probably located a black hole,
> I would give your black hole claim the same consideration I would a claim
> of your being the biggest stud in Hollywood, namely zero.
BRIDEAN I see, so now we are adding more criteria to our stack of things that you would be skeptical of. Not only does it have to not violate the laws of natural science but it also has to not be "ridiculous". Funny, I still have no idea what criteria you use to judge whether something is "ridiculous" even after reading the above paragraph two times. Care to enlighten me?