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Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence
RE: Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence
(November 10, 2015 at 7:30 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(November 10, 2015 at 6:29 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: If you're not discussing the "standards of evidence", why is the phrase "extraordinary evidence" in your thread title?

If I could clarify what I meant. It's not about what the standard of reasonable evidence is, but how it is handled. I think it is unreasonable to be expected to hit an ever moving an illdefined target. I don't think that reason and logic are subjective, nor that they only apply to common occurances. I'm open to discussing where the bar is set, but I think it should be able to be applied to all arguments, not just some.

That's pretty unrealistic where the real world is concerned, as shown above.

It'd be nice if the real world was that cut-and-dried, but it ain't.

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RE: Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence - by Thumpalumpacus - November 10, 2015 at 7:57 pm

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