@Loon
Yes, the teapot example is condescending, but deliberately so. The teapot analogy is designed to act as an example that is uncontroversial, in that very very few people already have entrenched views about the existence of said teapot.

Anyone can come up with hundreds of similar undecidable statements (that are nonetheless of very low a priori probability, so I would contend that it is not necessarily a "leap of faith" every time someone else disbelieves them due to lack of evidence.

But I'm falling into the proselyt... proselitaz.. preaching trap, so I'll sign off now.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 18:53, Reply)