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When talking about the grey area, I think that enviroment is key here which is also why I believe that no religion can be right or wrong relative to others simply because what religion a person decides to ultimately follow depends on where this person is living. Statistically speaking, a...

I don't see how all the talk about grey area fits in here but okay. Taleb's analogy was one that was critical of those who blindly follow stock analysts in a huge leap of faith while being atheists at the same time. I think most people didn't entirely understand the analogy's implications and...

point 1. I thought about this subject further, and he may be referring to "infinity" when talking about mathematics. We cannot prove inifinity exists, we simply know it exists. I guess that's what he meant although I'm not entirely sure. point 2. As for physics, I will give you two...

Are you saying that if this owner came from the east he would not realize it was morally wrong to use child labour? Bullshit. Morality is universal, it does not matter if you were raised in Ireland, Cameroon, South Africa, America, Cambodia, or South Korea, you will inherently posess a sense of...

Where did this sense of morality originate from? Why does man posess this sense of knowing right from wrong? It is not so he can have a better quality of life or improve society the way you argued but because more often than not, he is sacrficing a better quality life and society so he could...

You can be as confident about as you like. You still cannot prove it. I agree, it was part of evolution. The Moral Law was passed from generation to generation. The ability to distinguish right from wrong is based upon pure impulse, this suggests dive intervention. There is a Moral Law that...

When the Aztecs thought sacrificing people was okay, Jews condemned these actions back then. I disagree. Ethics is not an evolving standard. While in America black people were discriminated against, in many ither regions in the world, they were not. The same applies to homosexual rights. No...

Again, you cannot prove it. You are merely assuming. We do know lying is wrong, not because of the memories it triggers but because we know it is morally wrong. You may have not lied to your brother your entire life, or even lied to anyone for that matter. You still would feel very bad about...

Obviously not. But you don't have to lie to him. You can stop him by reasoning with him, explaining to him that it is just a game, making him understand the legal consequences etc.. I know where you're getting at. You are trying to make it seem that there is not absolute right or wrong but...

Imagine she passes away but you know for sure that she would always remember that first kiss yet you will never be able to prove it. Okay, imagine after you tell the lie, you never see your brother again. He dies in a car accident or something. You will always carry the burden of lying to...

To be perfectly honest, I don't quite understand what he means in his 1st statement. I assumed it would mean that certain mathematical theorems could only stand as theories but could never be applied physically so to speak means that they could not have been proven. I can see the sense in that...

Well, then we can't prove that a memory exists while we do knpw that a memory exists. :P Imagine he never does find out. He lives and dies without ever knowing, does this deem the brother's action ethical since his brother was not hurt? No. It is still unethical because lying in itself is...

1-Electrical impulses cannot prove that this person had a mind. For example, let's say you wanted to prove that this person had a memory of your first kiss with her. You know she has that memory, but electrical impulses won't do the trick here. 2- If you were in desperate need for money and...

They can't be proven literally.

1) They can only be proven by theory, but they cannot be proven by evidence. I think he's talking about more complex mathematical theorems than the Pythagorean theorem. 2) Yes, you know that the other person has a mind yet you cannot prove it. You are speaking to this person and you have...

Fair enough.

Agreed. He's a funny character though. I understand you are minoring in economics, right? Have a look at this vid.

Yes, you criticize me for believing god through faith which is exactly what I am saying.

Midway through the video, Dr William Craig states five things which could only be accepted by faith and not proven by science.

Ok, but there are some things in life which simply cannot be experimented yet require you to have faith in them.