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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  Interesting. When and how would it be practical to have faith in the unprovable? |
For example, when starting a new business it would be good to have faith that
your business will succeed, even if statistically 9 out of 10 fail. If you're grossly obese then the odds are against you -
if you weigh up the odds rather than getting stuck in and dealing with the problem!
Steve wrote
this insightful blog post on the topic.
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Originally Posted by Cron If you can't think of objective criteria for proving something false that means evidence is irrelevant to the claim and that the claim cannot be proved as true. |
True, but beside the point. The point is that it's sometimes wise to believe things even if they seem unlikely to be true.
I find the Christian God incredibly implausible. But that doesn't prevent believers being inspired by faith to perform feats that they wouldn't have otherwise even
attempted. "True" is irrelevant.
P.S. What Angela said.