[split] a discussion on origins sparked by "The Order of Things"

[Xlateralus]

I wasn’t referring to gravity as a concept, friend.
Cavendish’s experiment that determines the value of G to be ~6x10^-11 Nm2/kg2 is not something that you can just rig up on a Sunday. Have you tried it?

Details. We can discuss whether or not god exists without having to know the length of his pubic hair, don’t you think?

What are you on about?
The point was that we take many things on faith simply because it is too tiring, even impossible, to live otherwise. Such as assuming that the work done by scientists in measuring G was correct.
Sitting on the fence BECAUSE you don’t have perfect information is therefore a bogus position to take because you will never have perfect information about most things in life.

Not really. Having an open mind is the key to learning.