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A good way to debate yurimon's argument would be to imagine a hypothetical individual who is born in a region of the world where they would never be exposed to any sort of myth-based belief system. (It's not hard to imagine, there are millions of them all over the planet.) This individual would not prescribe to any faith-based belief system, at all. This individual would be uncorrupted—an atheist by default. Therefore, atheism is not a belief system.
- How could he explain the placebo effect?
Morning_star - placebo effect of what?scarabin
- The placebo effect is based on coincidence.monospaced
- No it isn't.Morning_star
- Yes it is.monospaced
- But placebo is entirely scientific in that the psychological can affect biology to a small extent.monospaced
- You can't honestly believe that placebo effect is spiritual.monospaced
- You're right, I don't. But, there are things in this universe that science cannot explain.Morning_star
- How could he explain the placebo effect?