I decided to start this topic based on William's insightful convo with ChatGPT regarding the supernatural.
A lot of people tend to associate the supernatural with ignorance. I can see why that happens when the supernatural is often used to explain the unknown. Oftentimes, the supernatural explanations are lacking in reasonable details, like why, how, mechanisms, etc. No different than your God of the gaps.. for anything unknown just say God did it. But I'd like to think that that is just one version of the supernatural.
I question why we can't also have a rational concept of supernatural, and one that we can apply to the real world. That would of course mean that the laws of nature are not absolute or don't apply to everyone.
For Debate...
1. When should we classify something as being supernatural? Or will it always be used for unknown/mysterious phenomena and experiences?
2. Assuming that a supernatural event does occur, can it be explained rationally? Or are supernatural events unreasonable or unexplainable, in principle?
We can also debate on the definition of the supernatural here if that topic comes up.
A lot of people tend to associate the supernatural with ignorance. I can see why that happens when the supernatural is often used to explain the unknown. Oftentimes, the supernatural explanations are lacking in reasonable details, like why, how, mechanisms, etc. No different than your God of the gaps.. for anything unknown just say God did it. But I'd like to think that that is just one version of the supernatural.
I question why we can't also have a rational concept of supernatural, and one that we can apply to the real world. That would of course mean that the laws of nature are not absolute or don't apply to everyone.
For Debate...
1. When should we classify something as being supernatural? Or will it always be used for unknown/mysterious phenomena and experiences?
2. Assuming that a supernatural event does occur, can it be explained rationally? Or are supernatural events unreasonable or unexplainable, in principle?
We can also debate on the definition of the supernatural here if that topic comes up.
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