Are you scared of death? / what do you think comes after death?

[Nonnel]

Yeah, that's not how the burden of proof works, buddy. You need to prove that cessation exists; you don't need to prove that cessation doesn't exist. In the absence of any other evidence, "afterlife" is the default state.

been hitting the canned air, pal?

[Ad Bot]

[hillkill]

been hitting the canned air, pal?

it's a short but fleeting high

[Nonnel]

short and fleeting are synonyms brother

[hillkill]

short and fleeting are synonyms brother

too much canned air

[Red Spy]

anyone who champions nihilism is a friend

[Køtt]

Yeah, that's not how the burden of proof works, buddy. You need to prove that cessation exists; you don't need to prove that cessation doesn't exist. In the absence of any other evidence, "afterlife" is the default state.

huh

[TristanLuigi]

Yeah, that's not how the burden of proof works, buddy. You need to prove that cessation exists; you don't need to prove that cessation doesn't exist. In the absence of any other evidence, "afterlife" is the default state.

That makes absolutely no sense. Imagine if I claimed that, because we don't have evidence of a teapot orbiting Mars, there most likely isn't a teapot orbiting Mars. Then you replied with this:
"You need to prove that lack of a teapot orbiting Mars exists; you don't need to prove that lack of a teapot orbiting Mars doesn't exist. In the absence of any other evidence, 'a teapot orbiting mars' is the default state."

Clearly that's nonsense; nonexistence (or the null hypothesis) is the default state for anything when there's no evidence to the contrary.

You can believe in an afterlife if you want - I won't stop you - but such a conclusion certainly isn't logical.

[Darryl McKoy]

In the absence of any other evidence, "afterlife" is the default state.

What are you on about lol

[Red Spy]

You can believe in an afterlife if you want - I won't stop you - but such a conclusion certainly isn't logical.

enlightened atheist

[Kearn]

Imagine if I claimed that, because we don't have evidence of a teapot orbiting Mars, there most likely isn't a teapot orbiting Mars

except this is a definitively physically observable issue which already throws the brown townogy out the window

[TristanLuigi]

except this is a definitively physically observable issue which already throws the brown townogy out the window

okay, a teapot orbiting a random planet in the andromeda galaxy, which we cannot observe for the foreseeable future
are you happy now? it doesn't affect the brown townogy at all, you're just being pedantic for the sake of being pedantic

[Red Spy]

hey guys i have a great idea let's talk about the afterlife on a lego forum what could go wrong

[Damp]

hell yes im scared of death

[Maxwell.]

hey guys i have a great idea let's talk about the afterlife on a lego forum what could go wrong

I mean, it doesn't have to be insults, tristan made a fair enough point in the first half of his original post

[Kearn]

you're just being pedantic for the sake of being pedantic

says the one claiming to be certain of something incomprehensible and impossible to observe or deduce either way