Almalieque wrote:
Sorry, I accidentally skipped you.
I figured you were done, actually.
Almalieque wrote:
My point is that the statement "it's not a viable life form in it's own right" is something people say to justify their action of the abortion. The fetus at 24 weeks in 1 day has not changed significantly from a day earlier. Nor did the baby significantly change from 23 weeks and 6 days to 24 weeks. The fact that the probability of living outside of the uterus increases as time progresses doesn't change anything.
Actually no, the fact that it develops into a life form that is viable in it's own right does change everything. As does the fact that the foetus has a nervous system that is capable of registering pain. These are the things that change at 24 weeks, Alma.
Almalieque wrote:
If it's only 50% chance of survival, then that's 50%. You're looking at the glass half empty instead of half full. So, why is abortion 100% authorized on something that has a 50% survival rate? I mean, if your argument is being able to live outside the uterus, a full 9 month new born will 100% die outside of the uterus if not taken care of. You have to take care of it, which is why you can get charged if your baby dies due to neglect.
No I'm not at all. When it reaches a 50% chance of survival if born then abortion is illegal, not "100% legal" as you put it. Also, if the mother's life is in a significant amount of risk after this, it may still be necessary to abort. Meaning the mother's right to live
still trumps the right of the foetus.
Almalieque wrote:
My question wasn't redundant.
I stated that I interpreted a fact as objectively true, i.e. not false. Furthermore, I said that although you may add additional information unto a fact to make it more factual, anything contrary to that fact discredits it's validity.
You countered to say that was just an instance that you provided and that new facts can reduce the margin of error from old facts. So, I asked you to provide an example of reducing a fact's error. You stated the fact of gravity exists and how additional facts on gravity gave us a better understanding of how gravity works. I replied that was fine and dandy, but the original fact in question "gravity exists" didn't have an error. It was the supporting facts that had errors and were later adjusted.
So, I ask again, provide me a scenario where you can reduce the margin of error of a fact with contradictory information.
It is redundant. It adds nothing to your original argument that "theories arise from lack of facts". Unless you are now trying to backpedal and say that you mean facts to the contrary, instead of admitting you mixed up the definitions of "hypothesis" and "theory".