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Episode #040 ... Superstition

Philosophize This!

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Bill O'Reiley's Using the Appeal to Probability Fallacy to Prove the Existence of the Universe

Bill o'reiley is pretending that the argument that he's having with richard dawkins in this video is the old, intellectually respectable argument of i believe the universe was created. And by the way, right there, you just use the appeal to probability fallacy to try to prove your point. You aren't providing the existence of the christian god, which is the one you spend the rest of the interview defending and speaking on behalf of. This is the fallacy of false equivalents that i was talking about. There's obviously much more for bill o'reiley to prove on his side than what he's pretending there is.

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