• Acute_Engles [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    I can’t fundamentally agree that non-belief is the same as belief.

    I don’t think “i do not believe in invisible unicorns” is making a positive claim even if you change the grammar around. If someone had evidence that supported the idea of invisible unicorns and i discounted that evidence, that would be an assertion on my part.

    • I don’t think I’m saying that belief and non-belief in a given thing are the same - fundamentally they are opposites, but both are things that someone arrives at through a collection of beliefs that form their belief system.