5 Rational Unscientific Things
Quoted verbatim from William Lane Craig vs. Peter Atkins https://youtube.com/watch?v=BQL2YDY_LiM.
Five things that cannot be scientifically proven but that are all rational to accept:
- Logical and mathematical truths, which are presupposed by science.
- Metaphysical truths, like “there are other minds other than my own; the external world is real; the past was not created 5 minutes ago with the appearance of age”.
- Ethical beliefs or statements of value, e.g. “science can’t show that Nazi scientists did anything evil compared with Western scientists.”
- Aesthetic judgments, like 3.
- Science itself, which is permeated with unprovable assumptions (e.g. speed of light is constant).