Rational beliefs should be able to withstand scrutiny and opposing arguments. The inability to do so indicates that the belief is more about personal bias and emotional investment rather than objective analysis.

  • spujb@lemmy.cafe
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    29 days ago

    I believe the sun will rise tomorrow and if I said to you I had a sincere counterargument I’d be lying.

    Pardon me for being utterly emotional about things I guess lol.

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      28 days ago

      Sunrise is a matter of perspective though and I don’t think it is a very well refined scientific explanation of a broad set evidence. Ask a polar bear or an emporer penguin at this time of year. Or consider the majority of places in our solar system.

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        28 days ago

        that’s a hypothetical, not a counterargument.

        yes if i lived in one of the polar circles the sun may not rise. but i don’t live there.

        this whole thread just needs a dictionary and some tea. buncha ppl stressing out and arguing semantics about pretty well-defined terms.

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      29 days ago

      An asteroid or a rogue planet that we somehow failed to detect could collide with the earth, stopping its rotation. Unlikely but not impossible.