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No thats wrong. I believe in random mutations, yeah I believe. From time to time anyway. But whether I know them to be randon is another thing. And why should a belief be sure if it is not a knowing belief? So therefore I ought not be sure they are random. That would be inappropriate sureness, certainty out of place. Hence "I'm not sure they are" is the right attitude for me.
I believe in various things from day to day. First its regular theism, then reincarnation, next I'm in a multiverse, then I'm a computer programme, next some sort of dream and then back to square one. With such an inconsistent set of habits and a carefree attitude I am not sure I can actually know that much because my general principles of approach are hardly that disciplined. So even if you teach me random mutation, I wouldn't suppose, and don't you suppose I know it or can surely believe it because such knowledge or rational confidence takes a certain type of psychological and behavioural attitude towards the world.
Plus there's the regular arguments like "science changes" etc.
Yeah, when you compare something that you can actually observe in nature (random mutation) to something not only never confirmed, but also impossible to observe even if it happened (reincarnation), there is not much I can do. Might as well not believe in gravity, magnetism, relativity, etc.
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