Not taking any more BS.

[Meatball]

Personal experience is used as evidence all the time in court cases, because it is reasonable to do so. It is both reasonable and logical.

Stop using this argument. People don't testify to voices in their heads. If someone did that in court their testimony would be thrown out.

People testify to have seen events. These testimonies are heavily scrutinized. If someone testified, "I saw OJ Simpson stab his wife, I was there.", it would not simply be taken at face value.

If you make a statement, you have to be able to back it up. If you saw OJ stab his wife, you'd better be able to prove you were there, and there better not be a shred of evidence showing you were anywhere else but there.

Your logic is faulty. Your personal experiences are not valid evidence because you cannot back them up.

[Edwardo Piet]

Personal experience is used as evidence all the time in court cases, because it is reasonable to do so. It is both reasonable and logical.

Stop using this argument. People don't testify to voices in their heads. If someone did that in court their testimony would be thrown out.

People testify to have seen events. These testimonies are heavily scrutinized. If someone testified, "I saw OJ Simpson stab his wife, I was there.", it would not simply be taken at face value.

If you make a statement, you have to be able to back it up. If you saw OJ stab his wife, you'd better be able to prove you were there, and there better not be a shred of evidence showing you were anywhere else but there.

Your logic is faulty. Your personal experiences are not valid evidence because you cannot back them up.

Good point, this is something I also understand of course, but I didn't think of putting it that way. Great post.