(November 10, 2015 at 2:20 am)robvalue Wrote:
I think you are quibbling of minutia, but that this not the point, and the discussion isn't about anecdotes or made up stuff so I'll digress. You are still assuming a low standard of evidence on my part I notice, and the discussion as intended wasn't about the standard or quality of evidence, but about objectivity and reason (I'm not asserting anything about the standard of evidence and even gave ways to test if your standards are too low or too high).
I didn't give many examples although there was one in the first posts, and I did answer questions later (I also gave examples from personal experience in engineering). I did give logic and reason, which for the most part, I don't think has been addressed. Not one person to my recollection has pointed out a problem with what I described. I also think it is important to point out, that science isn't the only method for truth. I think that the principle I ascribed applies equally well to the philosophy of science, but it is a category error to compare every claim to science. I'm not talking about only science here, but discovering the truth about reality (of which science is one method).
You say it causes you difficulty to not have an example, however I don't think you understand that any example is going to be the same as those provided for EC-EE, however the reasons for the conclusion is different. It is illogical to say that the same reasons produce a different result based on your subjective knowledge or belief. It is more accurate, to say that either reasons are unstated or assumed, or that the evidence is insufficient reason for both claims. It's not reasonable for me to hmake the same assumptions as you. And if the reasons are insufficient, but something is unstated, then it would be the time to provide additional evidence. The nature of reality is that things are true or false, whether you believe or understand them or not. EC-EE is a philosophical claim and thus requires a philosophical answer. Your anecdotes or examples (whether fiction or not) do not show it to be reasonable. And I still do not understand what extraordinary evidence is or why sufficient evidence would become nonsufficient.