Re: Truth

Posted by fschmidt on
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qwerty wrote

Of course, from a logical point of view, the Expanding Earth Theory makes no sense, because the amount of material from outer space that arrives on Earth (such as meteorites) is tiny compared to the mass of the earth.

I never heard of this theory, but actually your argument doesn't work because the Earth could expand if its density was dropping.

In my opinion, it is ideal to make observation and theories based on an external source (empirical evidence), but also test them for logical validity with internal reasoning.

Logic should never be used for more than forming hypotheses.  Some things that are true appear to be logically invalid.  For example the result of the single photon version of the double-slit experiment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment#Interference_of_individual_particles

The problem here is applying logic to things that our minds can't fully grasp, like the true nature of light.  This is why we should always put empirical evidence over reasoning.