Talk Heathen 08.33 with Richard Gilliver and Scott Dickie
Talk Heathen
Atheist Community of Austin
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🗓️ 18 August 2024
⏱️ 96 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | What would it take to convince you? |
| 0:02.3 | We hear that question frequently on our shows, often after a failed attempt to give |
| 0:06.5 | evidence for the existence of a God. |
| 0:08.7 | I have a problem with that question. |
| 0:10.5 | The problem is that it takes attention away from where it should be focusing on the listener |
| 0:14.4 | and not the argument. |
| 0:15.7 | It's basically a form of the ad hominem fallacy. |
| 0:18.5 | We know from researchers like Dr. Robert Burton, author of On Being |
| 0:21.8 | Certain, that our feelings of being convinced are just that, feelings, and can be influenced by both |
| 0:26.9 | rational and irrational processes in our brains, just like any other emotion. That means that |
| 0:32.3 | whether or not we are personally convinced by something is a subjective assessment and does not |
| 0:37.0 | necessarily shed any |
| 0:38.0 | light on objective truths. If we want to learn about objective reality, we must point our inquiry |
| 0:42.8 | in that direction. I would suggest instead asking the question, what would it take to convince |
| 0:48.0 | any rational person? This directs the question towards a hypothetical listener, one that is |
| 0:52.7 | influenced by objective rationality rather than subjective emotion. This also allows us to, quote, argue the facts of the |
| 0:59.3 | case and bring things like evidence and reasoning to bear on the discussion. Two things that may |
| 1:04.4 | or may not be relevant to a subjective emotional response. Do you have evidence that you think |
| 1:09.7 | would be convincing to any irrational person? |
| 1:12.0 | If so, give us a call because the show is starting right now. |
| 1:23.5 | Welcome, welcome everyone. Today is August 18, 2024, eventually. And I am your host, Richard Gilliver. And joining me today is my very, very good friend, Scott Dicky. I'm very happy to have him here. Hi, Richard. Hi, Richard. I'm glad to be here. I'm glad you could squeeze me onto the show again. It's awesome. Absolutely. I'm never missing an opportunity to work with you, Scott, going all the way back, all the way back. It's awesome. Absolutely. I never miss an opportunity to work with you, Scott, |
| 1:44.6 | going all the way back, all the way back, back through time, back to our non-profit days. |
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