Well, there's discussion on how much we can alter an environment, how long we should stay, if we find certain life forms should we leave, that kind of thing. There's no real consensus yet.

Cursed Child?

Is it a necessity that you don't watch Doctor Who like it is with Ox? I have nothing against it morally. But I'm just Dr. Who'd out from it becoming so dominant in nerd culture. I'm happy being a nerd without Dr. Who and proud of it. What TV shows do you watch? Mostly ones that are over and done. C...

Oh I'm just going by what I've heard too, I'm not terribly intrigued. There's so many amazing superhero movies now that people rave about, why watch something that looks meh?

Did you like the second Avengers? (I am proud second Avengers movie fan.)

Chocolate bar, cookie, or ice cream? If Focus started a Kickstarter to make an aio spinoff starring Trent how much would you give it? Favorite class you've taken so far? Does US intervention overall help or harm countries with terrorism? What is life? Is it just an endless search for cutie mark? And...

Favorite fictional book released so far this year? Nonfictional? Do you think it's possible a third party candidate like Gary Johnson may attend the debates this year? If so would you see that as a positive or negative? Is the two party system good in principle? Is it permanently broken, currently b...

Is the wage gap a thing?

Did you see and did you like Batman v Superman?

Well, it was meant to be timeless and to capture a lot of the language and tactics common to politics. Still, it is surprising to get a candidate who is about as blunt and obviously unqualified as Bart. I miss Rodney and Doris. Honestly they're in my top five of characters I want back. Even just one...

...The heck?

Do you have anything you'd point me to then? I can't guarantee I'd read whatever book or article you picked but I'd at least check them out.

Alex Jefferson wrote:What about Sam Johnson?

Why? Really, why do you listen to a show for ages 8-12? Because the characters are good? Other shows have good characters. Because the plotlines are well wrought? Other shows have those too. Because the humor is sharp? Other shows have those too. Because the morals are good? Other shows have that as...

Fascinating post, Ox, I had to think about it a lot to articulate a reply. We don't have sufficient evidence of anything. It depends how we define sufficient. I define it as evidence that allows you to be reasonably certain until further evidence shows otherwise. Would you agree to that? And also, i...

Well, isn't jumping to conclusions bad? Especially if it's a choice you build your life around? If faith is essentially jumping to conclusions then that doesn't sound good. So it's something that makes up for uncertainty. And it's not dumb. Okay, yes, it's not dumb, you can find evidence and still h...

Congratulations, Penny. Well done everyone. Sonic screwdrivers and raspberry ripple and snozzberries for everyone. Well written article, Tiger. That was entertaining, to the point, fresh, and thought out. I will probably keep up with that establishment of yours. Why not keep the party going? 102, Ja...

Yes, it was quite fascinating, it mentioned the sort of faith that PennyBassett mentioned. Which was refreshing, aio has been partial to whole, "Don't use your mind too much, stick with faith!" thing in the past. We are not discussing that sort of faith here. Thanks though, mnm.

jehoshaphat wrote:We are called to gather as much "logical proof" of God's existence but then if it is insufficient then we must make the final leap of faith.

Isn't that the very definition of jumping to conclusions?

I don't quite follow. You gather all the evidence you can and the final decision is faith? If you gather sufficient evidence, how can the final decision be faith? Or are you saying there is insufficient evidence, and we choose to believe anyway?

jehoshaphat wrote:We are called to question and seek out as much as we can with our reason but there comes a point where reason has been exhausted and the final leap must come from faith.

So faith takes over where reason stops? So you agree faith is believing things without evidence?

. I believe that when it comes to Christianity, we should pray that God would help us strengthen our faith, so that in times of struggle, we can trust him. Yes, people sometimes define it that way, as fortitude when we emotionally find it hard to believe in God, based on what we know from earlier. ...

Richard Dawkins is known to regularly assert one of his chief criticisms of Christainity is it asks us to believe things without evidence. He even mentions it in The Selfish Gene , an excellent book I recommend to anyone who would like to better understand evolution, or even a nerd like me who'd jus...