RE: Christians. Could you be wrong?
August 13, 2014 at 2:59 pm
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2014 at 3:06 pm by Huggy Bear.)
(August 13, 2014 at 2:42 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:No, I believe you miss the point, we are talking about evidence, like it or not eye witness testimony is evidence. What you are talking about is proving the evidence, which is a whole different animal.(August 13, 2014 at 2:39 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: I must of missed it, care to post it again?
If we were talking about just one person, I would agree. But 3 or more people all with the same testimony, is pretty compelling evidence.
I believe the point that Thump was making is that regardless of whether or not testimony is admissible in court, that's not how science works. Testimony and anecdote are not data, and when trying to determine whether or not something is factually true, testimony doesn't mean a damn thing, the evidence is what's important. The multiple of anecdote is still anecdote, and it isn't evidence or data.