Do you believe in things without "Solid Proof"?

when i said time and distance are actually the same.

And that it would be impossible to be on two different places at the same time.

Well then i said or can we?

Well scientist did find a way for atoms to be on two different places on the same time. Since we all exist out of atoms... It's called quantum teleportation but it's actually duplication since the atom that they teleport stays on the same place too. They can only do it for 10 miles but they will be able to do it a lot further in the future

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMgIxGyH6ds

[QUOTE="LandOfGameCubes"]nothegerg

To an extent, yes, but to believe something to such a strong degree I need some proof of plausibility. I like to believe there is a God or something of the sort just because I feel it gives things more meaning. I know there's a lot of atheists out there who simply don't have that sort of faith for the lack of proof, and that's both fine and understandable, but is there any harm in feeling like you may actually have a sense of purpose through some sort of faith? Even if you're wrong, does it really matter in the long run? I think sometimes people need to just see beyond what's right in front of their face. This may not make sense, but I'm just rambling at this point.

[QUOTE="cee1gee"]

What do you believe in that you dont have proof exists? For example, Aliens, God, Did Dinosaurs walk the earth with Humans, Is there Humans in another galaxy, etc.

YellowOneKinobi

No. I guess you can say I'm more of a logical thinker. There's no proof that life exist outside of Earth, but I do believe there is given the amount of galaxies and planets we haven't discovered or thoroughly explored.....

However, if the conversation is about a deity, no I don't believe in it...

[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"]

[QUOTE="cee1gee"]

What do you believe in that you dont have proof exists? For example, Aliens, God, Did Dinosaurs walk the earth with Humans, Is there Humans in another galaxy, etc.

[QUOTE="TaoJeetKuneDo"][QUOTE="Agent-Zero"]It's not something you can really believe in until you experience it. And you can try and explain it to others, but it never works. You just got to feel it. Anyways that's as far as my "beliefs" go; everything else needs rigorous proof and testing.YellowOneKinobi

[QUOTE="Rougehunter"]

[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"] Well, here is I think one way that there actually could be humans in another galaxy. What if this evolution of ours isn't as random as we think it is? What if the way life evolved here is basically a template? First sludge/slime. Then little single celled creatures. Then some kind of fish-type-thing. Then Dinosaurs. Then (I'm reaching here) the Dinosaurs die off after millenia (a meteor has to hit at SOME POINT). Then the little creatures that survive turn into monkeys. Then cave men. Then people. What if that is a sort of template? I know it's a stretch, but I don't think that it is IMPOSSIBLE.

YellowOneKinobi

Yeah! Its really fun! Because I love not having to think about things and not questioning my emotions too. I remember the days I was like this 24/7, the days i'd like to repeat.

I believe in god and there isn't much in the way of proof that he/she/it exists, and I think that it is statistically unlikely that there is not and has never been life elsewhere in the universe. So I guess I do but it's rare.

Yeah! Its really fun! Because I love not having to think about things and not questioning my emotions too. I remember the days I was like this 24/7, the days i'd like to repeat.

Scr00I

[QUOTE="tocool340"]

No. I guess you can say I'm more of a logical thinker. There's no proof that life exist outside of Earth, but I do believe there is given the amount of galaxies and planets we haven't discovered or thoroughly explored.....

thegerg

In your case though, if you truly cared about finding out if your sister lives in NY, you have many resources at your disposal instead of going by mere faith. Its not something out of your range of discovering...

[QUOTE="tocool340"]

[QUOTE="thegerg"] Logic actually allows us to believe things for which we have no "solid proof." For example: I believe that my ssister lives in Cary, NC. I have no proof of this, but I know she lived there when I visited for Christmas and she hasn't told me she moved. I have no proof she still lives there, but logic tells me that she does.thegerg

In your case though, if you truly cared about finding out if your sister lives in NY, you have many resources at your disposal instead of going by mere faith. Its not something out of your range of discovering...

Oops. Yeah your right. I guess I misread it...:P

My bad...

The furthest galaxy and a lot of far off galaxy 's probably don't exist anymore also because we can still see the light that that galaxy and stars emitted but light travels at 300 000 000 km/s that means since it's so far away the light we see now , is light that started 8 billions years ago, those suns are probably all dead and at this moment , there is nothing left at that point in space and time.

evildead6789

I believe that my reason is valid, and that I am not looney. I accept that the world as I perceive it actually exists, as opposed to being an illusion. I believe that the universe is knowable and behaves according to laws that do not change, and this allows me to use the scientific method.

I also believe that lots of people on the Internet like to b**** about other people believing things they can't prove, when they themselves are doing the same thing.

I also believe that lots of people on the Internet like to b**** about other people believing things they can't prove, when they themselves are doing the same thing.

Palantas

And let me add, a vast amount of the stuff I "know" I didn't prove. Much of my knowledge came from someone telling me something, and me believing it. Various examples:

• Heliocentrism: I have a passing interesting in astronomy, but I've never done the math that Kepler did to figure out that a heliocentric solar system works. I just believe it does.
• China: I've never been to China.
• Caesar: I'm 27. I never met Caesar, and I've never done any real archeology.

Obviously, I could make a huge list like this. So could everybody else. Nobody in this thread measured the speed of light, figured out supply and demand, or codified logic. We've all just taken stuff that a much smarter people actually came up with, believed what they told us, and then went about using those principles.

[QUOTE="curono"]If the thing you propose has some logic or is not a wild statement, I will probably believe it or think is plausible.Fightingfan

[QUOTE="Scr00I"]

Yeah! Its really fun! Because I love not having to think about things and not questioning my emotions too. I remember the days I was like this 24/7, the days i'd like to repeat.

YellowOneKinobi

"Nothing" is not a different kind of "something." It is the absence of everything.

[QUOTE="evildead6789"]

The furthest galaxy and a lot of far off galaxy 's probably don't exist anymore also because we can still see the light that that galaxy and stars emitted but light travels at 300 000 000 km/s that means since it's so far away the light we see now , is light that started 8 billions years ago, those suns are probably all dead and at this moment , there is nothing left at that point in space and time.

MetalGear_Ninty

yeah true m/s

The only thing I believe in that doesn't have proof is "soulmates". Not sure if it has anything to do with souls but I'm not sure what else to call it. The only proof I have is 1st hand experience.Agent-Zero