A good argument is one that is Falsifiable…religious claims are not || Christopher Hitchens #debate

[DCA]

You can't reason with religious people because they base their arguments on faith, not evidence.

[louisjones]

"An argument that explains everything, invariably explains nothing at all. If you can bend your argument so it can comprise everything then it isn't an argument." -Karl Popper

[InformationIsTheEdge]

Always be on your guard for arguments that appear to explain everything as invariably they explain nothing.

[iveseen]

The true massiah of reason and freethought., nice to see the clips continuing his legacy.

[bjolly]

I wish I had been introduced to this man when I was about 12 years old it would have saved me a lot of suffering and confusion.

[taschigawahades]

He had one Job he assigned his life for and he did it ❤

[dentonfender]

We are so lucky that Christopher Hitchen's writings, and debate fame pretty much began in the 90's, just when the internet was growing exponentially, and we all benefit from his infinite wisdom since he died in 2011.

[john-nxxn]

And why is it 100% of thumpers can't understand stand that ?

[anoniemuss]

All beliefs must be prefaced with “I believe”, then there is no argument or false statement.

[romanlawing]

Truth is the test...which is the victim in all this.

[mazklassa]

I don't fully understand why an argument that's falsifiable is stronger than one that isn't. To me, if it's unfalsifiable then that produces a "gotcha" moment which the opponent cannot refute. Anybody else think this?

[lLadyAszneth]

A classic " HITCH SLAP! "
Love you Chris, miss you,
resting in peace (in body anyway). Spirit back go the void from whence it came from before we are born. A toast to all your efforts and work with your drink: 🥃🥃🥃

[amerlin]

Ask the religious to explain how the world was created/designed by God and not by Leprechauns.

[PBAmygdala]

There sure are a lot of comments defending religion and / or attacking CH, but I don't see any that are calmly and patiently providing the evidence that proves their religion to be true and verifiable.

[paulp.]

The word philosophy is derived from Greek roots that mean “love of wisdom.” As used here, philosophy is not built on acceptance of belief in God, but it tries to give people a unified view of the universe and endeavors to make them critical thinkers. It employs chiefly speculative means rather than observation in a search for truth.


"Look out that no one takes you captive by means of the philosophy and empty deception according to human tradition, according to the elementary things of the world and not according to Christ;  9 because it is in him that all the fullness of the divine quality. "

Bible, Colossians Chapter 2, Vers 8

[iliyakuryakin]

Godel's incompleteness theorem proves that Hitchens is wrong. One has to begin with assumptions that cannot be proven, but one might be able to show create inconsistencies and thus may be false.

[the_infinity_snake]

Unexplained = Miracle, God's act, etc.

[captainkelley]

The real begins when you understand how falsifiability works in science. Because then you would ask the question: what would we expect to see if the claim is false. The answer is, exactly what we see. The universe and everything in it seems to function exactly as we would expect it to if no supernatural deity existed. Funny thing that.

[mrreemann]

For science to believe in a universe with more than 4 dimensions, multiverses ( 10 dimensions and 11 in M Theory) as well as dark matter and dark energy with no proof they exist, aren't those just as much a leap of faith as religion and superstition? Dark matter and dark energy are placeholders for things we as yet do not understand. Much the same as religion and superstition were to the ancients.

[bleekrisp]

could anyone here demonstrate that empiricism itself is falsifiable? is there anyway in which an empirical argument could be made false by non-circular substantiation?