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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 24 Sep 2013

    Can it can be rational to have faith?Unless "faith" is redefined as "< 100% confidence," that's an oxymoron.http://bit.ly/16onhCq 

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      1. Tania Lombrozo‏ @TaniaLombrozo 26 Sep 2013
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        .@sapinker Here's the latest, brief responses from Lara Buchak: http://goo.gl/lR93f2  and from me:http://goo.gl/pimh37 

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      1. Unwoke Duffy (Monogamy Enforcer)  📟‏ @TheIllegit 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker Better question: Is it possible to not have faith? A: No.

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      1. Oran Kelley‏ @OranKelley 25 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker Well, don't be shy: What's the proper definition of faith, then?

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      1. Dombyk, Elite‏ @altug_g 25 Sep 2013
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        .@sapinker @Evolutionistrue Do you not believe faith has provided survival benefits at the dawn of times?

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      1. Scott Gibson‏ @MrScottGibson 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker If it increases happiness, it can be rational to pretend to believe something that is patently false. Be surpised if it does, tho!

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      1. Chris Maslanka‏ @ChrisMaslanka 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker The deliberate degradation of the meanings of words is unlikely to lead to valid conclusions not effectable by proper means.

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      1. Daft Monk‏ @castle_smythe 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker How about a faith in Science, which is by nature based on doubt?

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      1. amer husain‏ @timeofaquarius 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker Sorry, some typos and continuation issues crept in there:) But I hope you were able to follow the point I am making.

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      1. amer husain‏ @timeofaquarius 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker It all came into existence randomly from nowhere and self assembled via physical laws. Why? No answer. And not even allowed to ask

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      1. amer husain‏ @timeofaquarius 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker Faith is just that paradigm that tries to deal with the questions that atheist mind says should not be asked? ...

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      1. amer husain‏ @timeofaquarius 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker Is it rational to ask of that model how that code came about? Was it authored or did it just self assemble and if so precise how?.

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      1. amer husain‏ @timeofaquarius 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker In this physics model we are just playing out in 3d what the 2d code defines. Where does this conundrum fit into your b/w model?

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      1. amer husain‏ @timeofaquarius 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker Reality and rationality are Humean concepts and not absolute truths and their definition are still subject to debate....

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      1. amer husain‏ @timeofaquarius 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker which is the 2d surface of the universe. The 2d code is reality and the 3d bulk an illusion. So be careful when you reality ...

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      1. James Joseph‏ @jmsjsph 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker When you've reasoned something to be true, instead of providing a proof every time you apply the logic, you have #faith it works

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      1. Sharafuddin Malik‏ @sharafmalik 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker I remind you of S.Kierkegaards': "Fear & Trembling.Sickness unto Death". No oxymoron for sure.

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      1. Raymond Bennett‏ @RJCBennett 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker Didn't Mark Twain say "Faith is believing what you know ain't so." ?

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      1. amer husain‏ @timeofaquarius 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker There is a serious mathematical physics theory whose paradigm is that the universe is a '3d hologram' and 'coded' at the surface..

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      1. robert madelin‏ @eurohumph 24 Sep 2013
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        @sapinker oversimple faith. We trust Scientific rationality @95% mostly, and Pascalian wagers count as Faith too...strengthened_Unbelief

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