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In reply to the discussion: Why Science Can’t Replace Religion [View all]skepticscott
(13,029 posts)that "just about anyone can do the tests and see the evidence" for the existence of electrons. They can't and they don't. How many people would you estimate can understand the equipment, and the math and the theory behind it, when most people don't even know what a sub-atomic particle IS?
As far as muons, quarks and neutrinos, see my post 87. I didn't just make them up out of thin air. But it's obvious you can't even attempt to answer the questions I posed:
How is accepting the existence of those particles fundamentally different from accepting the existence of a Higgs boson? What makes one an act of "faith" and not the others?
What percentage of the population must understand the theory and the math behibd the evidence for those particles for your threshold to be met?
How much does the equipment for testing them have to cost before accepting their existence becomes a matter of "faith"?
If you're just going to duck and dodge those questions again, please don't waste my time replying.