(July 26, 2017 at 6:51 pm)Whateverist Wrote: OP's ?: Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence?
A: Only if you want others to take it seriously. For your own amusement, have it your way.
(July 26, 2017 at 6:04 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Actually, claiming that something is false because it is old, or better because it is new; is a fallacy.
To exclaim "Oh, yeah right - not likely" isn't quite the same thing as claiming it is false. In general, your shit is bullshit if you're talking about shit no one can see, touch or measure and you take no responsibility for establishing its bonafides.
No that is the argument from incredulity. I was talking about the reasoning of because it's old which was in response to "considering the age of the book of mythology".
Now if you are not trying to make a case against the thing thing in question, but just commenting on your subjective mental state that is fine. And I agree, we shouldn't just accept everything without reason.... however if you are doing so for irrational and fallacious reasons, that doesn't make it bullshit.
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