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    Aesthetic deism unfalsifiably explains any structure post... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→If the world's observable structure better fits an aesthetically motivated deity's expectations than a morally perfect one's, Bayesian conditionalization favors aesthetic deism with each confirming observation.

    Aesthetic deism unfalsifiably explains any structure post-hoc as 'aesthetic choice,' while moral deism makes testable predictions; unfalsifiable theories gain no Bayesian support from observations.

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    Key Terms

    Bayesian support(explaining how observations strengthen or weaken theories)
    A way of measuring how much new evidence should increase or decrease your confidence in a belief, based on probability math.
    Moral deism(as a contrasting theological position)
    The belief that God exists and created the universe with moral purposes or intentions in mind.
    Post-hoc(describing when theoretical meaning gets attached to data)
    Latin phrase meaning 'after the fact'—when you add meaning or explanation to something only after it has already happened.
    Testable predictions(as used in philosophy of science)
    Claims about what will happen in the future that can be checked against reality through experiments or observation to see if they're right or wrong.
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    A statement or theory that's impossible to prove wrong because it's designed in a way that any evidence against it can be reinterpreted to support it instead.
    aesthetic deism(The alternative hypothesis employed in the decisive evidence argument)
    An alternative hypothesis to omni-theism, posited as many times more probable than omni-theism; arguably a form of theism itself

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