RE: Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence?
July 27, 2017 at 11:03 am
(This post was last modified: July 27, 2017 at 11:12 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It provides ordinary evidence of an ordinary event. That people tell stories. It provides no evidence of an extraordinary event, the supernatural - by definition beyond the range of ordinary, as all evidence of the supernatural would inexorably be.
If someone wanted to demonstrate that psychic abilities existed, they would work to show a success rate beyond the ordinary range described by brute force of statistics. Extraordinary predictive ability.
If someone wanted to demonstrate the healing power of a magical incantation, they would work to show a success rate beyond the ordinary rate of remission. Extraordinary medical efficacy.
If someone wanted to show that a god walked the earth........................................."there's this book......see......"
There's no point in proponents of the supernatural complaining that the bar has been set too high...they're the ones who set it there by definitively proclaiming something to be extraordinary in the first place. If they want to argue semantics, fine, but they're only arguing with themselves and their own silly ass claims.
If someone wanted to demonstrate that psychic abilities existed, they would work to show a success rate beyond the ordinary range described by brute force of statistics. Extraordinary predictive ability.
If someone wanted to demonstrate the healing power of a magical incantation, they would work to show a success rate beyond the ordinary rate of remission. Extraordinary medical efficacy.
If someone wanted to show that a god walked the earth........................................."there's this book......see......"
There's no point in proponents of the supernatural complaining that the bar has been set too high...they're the ones who set it there by definitively proclaiming something to be extraordinary in the first place. If they want to argue semantics, fine, but they're only arguing with themselves and their own silly ass claims.
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