RE: Anecdotal Evidence
October 11, 2016 at 12:12 pm
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2016 at 12:15 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
For the faithful, such reports become believable before they're reported in the first place. That's the self reenforcing nature of religious belief that drives "credible" anecdote selection. Eve a believer can look at something a thousand people claim to have seen - say some "other" gods minions doing this that or the other...and decide that it isn;t credible. Let one person claim something that can be even remotely -twisted- to conform to ones beliefs, and it;s super trustworthy. It's -evidence-.
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