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by TangoTrotFox 2807 days ago
Consider something. What is it that makes god did [x] an improbable hypothesis? The fundamental reason is that there is no direct evidence of said god. There is indirect evidence and logical arguments that can favor a god, but that means nothing when you cannot observe a god, you cannot measure a god, and there is no direct evidence for that god.

Dark matter still holds more in common with the divine than the practical, for now. We've developed and carried out a slew of extremely clever experiments to try to affirm its existence, yet each and every experiment has returned a resounding negative. This is one of the biggest problems with the gulf between experimental and theoretical physics that's been rapidly expanding over the past several decades.

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I get what you’re saying. I think you could be way more clear and articulate (took me about 3 reads to understand that you’re just agreeing with the well received parent, I think). I hope that is the reason for the downvotes and not simply people not wanting to hear that rationalism is just as dogmatic as anything it has displaced. Sure it’s better (in the more pragmatic sense), but it still depends on sets of axioms regarded as truth and fails to present explanations for plenty of observed phenomena. It also is strictly not philosophic so it can’t answer “Why?” nor can it yield any sort of ethical/moral framework(s) for understanding reality.