re: #717 reason0911

I’m not arguing that we don’t accept the science available to us.

The science available to us shows, through the evidence of millions of cases, that HIV is the cause of AIDS.

I’m saying that dismissing a theory without exploration is absurd.

Do you know what the difference between a theory and an hypothesis is? Clearly not.

Here, I wrote a detailed essay about that too, and how the scientific method actually works.

How science works and why we should trust it: Pre-science lecture 2
littlegreenfootballs.com

You have no objective basis to come to a contrary conclusion.

My objective basis is the work of the worldwide medical and virological community. I am not a physician or a virologist however. I am however, a professional physicist. Since we are not all capable of knowing every field, we have to develop the skills to spot real science and real scientific inquiry. Tens of thousands of corroborating accounts from different respected researchers counts.

You’ve chosen either to believe or not to believe, but that hardly makes you right or puts you in a position to criticize those who haven’t come to the same belief as you.

Actually this is precisely what you are doing. Science is not about belief at all. It is about data and evidence.

It’s the same point I make with my Christian friend who’s always trying to save me. You believe in God and Jesus Christ. Good for you. You don’t know but you have faith. You recognize that it is a leap of faith yet you criticize me for not taking that same leap of faith without providing any evidence to support your claim.

That would be you. What evidence do you have on this matter of your own?

I’m not saying you’re wrong. I’m not in a position to…and nor is anyone on this thread that I can tell. Maybe there are some scientists here, but I doubt it.

Well too bad for you that I’m here kiddo :)