Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected. - William of Ockham (c. 1287–1347)
Occam’s Razor
Faith vs. Sight
Faith and sight are opposites, like light and darkness, good and evil. When you have one you don't need the other, and vice versa. We also use them as concepts in a unified theory of everything.
Theory is the Scientific Word for Faith
Theory is the scientific word for faith. That's going to freak a lot of people out but it's a conclusion which has been deduced. That means it's a logically certain conclusion.
Theoretical vs. Empirical
Theoretical and empirical are opposites, like dark and light. Empirical means verified by direct observation. Theoretical can't be seen, it's what we hope for, which is why we became a scientist.
Hypothesis 29
Asteroids have elliptical orbits which is why they approach close to the Earth. They're there ready for a time when they're doomed to crash into the Earth during the tribulation. This gives us a predictive testable hypothesis.
Strong Delusion
Why would God send a strong delusion if we've been given knowledge of the truth? Do you love the truth, or hate it? Some people don't want it. You have a choice. You can believe anything you want.
Faith
Current popular science (SciPop) propaganda is that "faith is belief without evidence." However we all have the same evidence (Matty's razor) so the meme fails as a definition of faith.
Heliocentric vs. Geocentrospheric?
An overwhelming majority of people believe that we observe the Earth orbiting the sun but it’s not an observation, heliocentricity is theoretical. We observe the cosmos from Earth, which makes it Geocentrospheric.
February 25th
The words faith and theory are synonyms. Sight and empirical are also synonyms. Empirical evidence is what we see. What we choose to believe about it is our faith.
The 3 Aspects of Scientific Faith
The traditional battle line of science vs. faith is a false dichotomy because what people call "science" is actually popular science (SciPop) which requires 3 aspects of faith: ignorance, motivational and developmental.