Do you believe in the mystical?

[Gambit]

You did not define it that way in the OP. You introduced the idea of unexplainability after people voted. No need for the tantrum mate.

Find another thread to hijack!

 

[Bunyip]

Find another thread to hijack!

Find a chill pill.

Nobody is trying to hijack your thread, in fact most seem to be pointing out the same difficulties with your definitions.

 

[roger1440]

That an experience has not been explained, does not infer that it can not be explained. So many things we once believed to be unexplainable mysteries are now well understood.

Try to explain the color blue to someone. Better yet, try to explain any color to a blind person.

 

[Bunyip]

Try to explain the color blue to someone. Better yet, try to explain any color to a blind person.

Sure. I could do that.

 

[roger1440]

Sure. I could do that.

Ok, give it a shot.

 

[Bunyip]

Ok, give it a shot.

Ok. Blues is what we call a color. Colors are different wavelengths of light, which is a part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

 

[Windwalker]

Ok. Blues is what we call a color. Colors are different wavelengths of light, which is a part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Make me understand the experience of blue. Don't forget, I've never seen color.

 

[roger1440]

Make me understand the experience of blue. Don't forget, I've never seen color.

Yeah, what he said. We are back to, "It taste like chicken."

 

[Bunyip]

Make me understand the experience of blue. Don't forget, I've never seen color.

No mate. Prove to me that it is impossible to explain it.

 

[Bunyip]

Yeah, what he said. We are back to, "It taste like chicken."

Compared to what? 'God dun it!'? After all that is the 'explanation' I am competing with.

 

[Windwalker]

No mate. Prove to me that it is impossible to explain it.

Prove to us it isn't.

 

[Bunyip]

Prove to us it isn't.

Fortunately I am not the party bearing the burden of proof with the claim that some things are unexplainable.

 

[Willamena]

No mate. Prove to me that it is impossible to explain it.

Then explain it.

Logic dictates that a negation contains its positive.

 

[Bunyip]

Then explain it.

Logic dictates that a negation contains its positive.

Actually no it does not. An unsupported claim can simply be dismissed a priori.

 

[Willamena]

Actually no it does not. An unsupported claim can simply be dismissed a priori.

Actually, no, it does. An unsupported claim is another story.

 

[Bunyip]

Actually, no, it does. An unsupported claim is another story.

Well support the claim then. We can see how it pans out.

 

[Willamena]

Well support the claim then.

*applause*
Now you're getting it.

My negative claim that, "No, it doesn't," contains the positive.

 

[Willamena]

Still waiting for you to explain "blue" to someone blind.

 

[Bunyip]

*applause*
Now you're getting it.

My negative claim that, "No, it doesn't," contains the positive.

Sorry what?

 

[Bunyip]

Still waiting for you to explain "blue" to someone blind.

I already did.