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This is why "personal experience" does not constitute evidence.
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This is why "personal experience" does not constitute evidence.
http://gawker.com/5963405/not-even-kiddi...prank-ever

Coz people are dicks that like to trick people.



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#2
RE: This is why "personal experience" does not constitute evidence.
On the one hand this is pretty amusing, but on the other...my gut instinct would be to deck the little bitch....and I guess that wouldn't be very amusing.
(I sometimes wonder how many out-takes of skits and shows like this involve the actor getting brutalized - the waiver the actors sign has to be pretty damned hefty)
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#3
RE: This is why "personal experience" does not constitute evidence.
I was about to say the same thing, Rhythm. I'm not even acting hard either; when I get scared or even spooked, I lash out violently at whatever it is that caused it. That little girl'd be gettin' knocked the fuck out.
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#4
RE: This is why "personal experience" does not constitute evidence.
How do you know that you have hands? Isn't your personal experience the most immediate grounds for knowing that you have hands?
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#5
RE: This is why "personal experience" does not constitute evidence.
Other people can confirm that you have hands, Clive...

Did anyone see this comment below?

Quote:This is not funny at all. Some years ago a similar prank was played on me-- someone wielding a fake (I did not know it at the time) knife. I drew my weapon and fired point blank, center mass. The surgeon who ultimately saved this person's life said the bullet missed the heart by half an inch. How funny is THAT? Think twice before doing something this stupid.

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RE: This is why "personal experience" does not constitute evidence.
(November 27, 2012 at 3:09 pm)Gambit Wrote: I was about to say the same thing, Rhythm. I'm not even acting hard either; when I get scared or even spooked, I lash out violently at whatever it is that caused it. That little girl'd be gettin' knocked the fuck out.

I know right, neither am I. It's not like I'd square up and throw a hook...I'd just scream like a three year old girl and flail my arms around....give 'er the ole windmill....lol
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RE: This is why "personal experience" does not constitute evidence.
(November 27, 2012 at 3:19 pm)CliveStaples Wrote: How do you know that you have hands? Isn't your personal experience the most immediate grounds for knowing that you have hands?

Does my personal experience constitute evidence for you?
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#8
RE: This is why "personal experience" does not constitute evidence.
Quote:How do you know that you have hands? Isn't your personal experience the most immediate grounds for knowing that you have hands?

For the most immediate grounds, yes. But if I wasn't sure about having hands and I wanted to check, there are many possible ways to gather more evidence. Other people can easily confirm whether you have hands or not.

Furthermore, "having hands" is an ordinary claim: it doesn't contradict any known scientific evidence. Extraordinary claims (like the religious ones) require an extraordinary amount of evidence, and can't be proven simply by personal experience.

In layman's terms, we don't need to check if we have hands unless we have a good reason to doubt about their existence. We have to check whether dragons or fairies or gods exist or not, because we have good reasons to doubt they do.

So far, the odds are stacked against the supernatural, so it's the believer who have to come out with impressive, detailed, verifiable evidence for its existence.
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#9
RE: This is why "personal experience" does not constitute evidence.
Bugger; beaten to the punch again! Too many people who aren't me with access to Facebook, I fear.

On the whole hands things, the point is not whether I know I have hands but how do you know I have hands? Would my sharing personal experience of them constitute evidence?
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#10
RE: This is why "personal experience" does not constitute evidence.
I think this could have had a horrible outcome if someone wasnt in the mood for jokes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9616m6GFjQ
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