Reply #119: Look at me everybody! I get to make up standards on the spot!

[Random_Australian]

Seeing as nobody knows what exactly me walking to the shops is going to produce, and seeing how nobody can say that it definitely won't produce the dangerous things that some scientists say it will, I wondered what the contingency plan was in case I produced something unpleasant.

Do you think this argument is valid? No?

Well then, let's have a look at the crux of the matter: "seeing how nobody can say that it definitely won't produce (dangerous things)"

I want you to either

A) Prove that me walking to the shops definitely, certainly, won't destroy the world, taking into account the things about the universe we don't know yet (like the outcome of the LHC experiment)

B) Admit that "nobody saying there is a 0% chance of something bad happening" means sweet freak all, which in turn means the rest of your argument isn't supported at all.

Please note: Whatever standards of proof and evidence you use to "show" that my walking to the shops has a 0% chance of destroying the world, I will use the same standards to show the LHC also has a 0% chance of destroying the world. (Which it doesn't)

Now, be a good little twooth investigator and ignore my entire argument in favour of "Aha! You admitted the LHC can destroy the world! Therefore my standards are correct!"

Well, to be fair, maybe you won't. Seeing your performance in this thread though, it would suprise me.