@Exn No, the lies come from the suggestion that just because we cannot demonstate something it must be untrue when in fact it is neither true nor false. Consider the fact that for thousands of years man watched birds fly overhead and yet nobody could put what they were seeing in the proper perspective and all thought that man could never fly. However once people became more intelligent they understood that we may be able to fly at some point in time but there are certain things which must be understood first before this can happen. Don't get me wrong, 99% of the population lacked the insight to even consider such a thing which is generally the case however the smart ones knew this was simply a problem just waiting for the right solution because if the birds could do it then obviously so could we.
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I don't think anyone suggested that because something cannot be demonstrated it must be untrue, however I think the argument is that unless it is demonstrated it is not demonstrated so how can it be considered as truth ? People cannot fly, we can make machines that can fly and people can ride in them or on them, but people themselves still cannot take off and fly on their own. People don't just become more intelligent, they become more knowledgeable, which comes about by the accumulation of knowledge based on scientific findings. Whether the scientific findings occur in a garage or in a Lab. Science is not restricted to so called scientists, anyone can do something scientifically. To fly like the birds insinuates, for man to be able to take off and fly without any artificial help. Which is in fact impossible. Even machines cannot fly using the same take off principals of the birds, jumping then flapping wings to fly off. Not one that I have seen. To me for men to fly like the birds they would need to be able to just fly with no machines to help. Cheers
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