From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Wed, 26 Mar 2025, Richmond wrote:   
      
   > D  writes:   
   >   
   >> No, my statement does not say I have to refuse anything. Yes, I cannot   
   >> see x-rays, so for me, day to day, they do not exist. However... and   
   >> this is an important however... the empirical, measurable effects of   
   >> x-rays, is something I can see or notice, and that is why they are   
   >> "A-OK" in my book! =)   
   >   
   > Oh and I forgot to mention, this is begging the question. If they don't   
   > exist, how can they have measurable effects? You don't know what causes   
   > the effects. You decided to believe what you read in a book.   
      
   Nope... I can be very empirical about the effects, while being agnostic   
   about the underlying causes. Check out the empirical adequacy concept by   
   Bas van Frassen   
   (https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/constructiv   
   -empiricism/#EmpiAdeq).   
      
   No question begging as far as I can see.   
      
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