RE: Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence?
August 1, 2017 at 4:47 pm
(This post was last modified: August 1, 2017 at 4:49 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 1, 2017 at 3:59 pm)SteveII Wrote: Regarding Tinkerbell, I would not require just one piece of evidence. I would require at least 27. Did hundreds of people see you both together and act on that knowledge (like tell their family at the time)?That's not evidence, that's an ad pop argument.
Quote:I would also have to consider some background evidence, where she was first mentioned? Who else might have encountered her?Same as jesus, first mentioned in a fairytale, no ones ever encountered her.
Quote:Does she have any effect on her environment that we can add to the pile?Hey, this is actually a good one...does the presence of jesus increase rainfall, for example? Nope.
Quote:How about considering if people intuitively believe in the possibility of Tinkerbells--I guess that might add to the pile of evidence too.This is another veiled ad pop..still not evidence.
Quote: Lastly, did she leave any message that can be examined (did she speak of things that were practical, new, compelling, hopeful, insightful)? I would consider all these things evidence.aaaaand this is an appeal to tradition.
So, what have we learned? That you have about a 25% chance of accurately identifying what is and is not evidence, ofc, that might have been pure chance...and having done so, that category is null.
Quote:I would never have an inner experience/relationship with her that assured me she was real so would never rise to the level of betting my life on it.Plenty of people claim to have an inner experience of fairies. Most of them christians...I'm just saying, never say never. Jesus will die if no one believes in him - so keep clapping.
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