(November 27, 2017 at 1:15 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(November 27, 2017 at 12:38 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: This is an important point.
Hypothetically, if you were to claim you had a pet dog, I would take you at your word. Plenty of people do, it is pretty commonplace.
If you claimed to have a pet zebra, that might prompt a few follow on questions since, while possible, it would be unusual.
OTOH, if you claimed to have a pet unicorn then I would require a much higher evidential bar to be set.
How do you justify raising the evidential bar. Shouldn't the reasons in one case, yield a similar result in a similar situation?
If you can shift the bar, for what is reasonable, how do you determine where to stop?
I have a cat (or possibly, my cat owns me). Do you take me at my word or not?
