extraordinary claims
require extraordinary evidence
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Carl Sagan, (1934 – 1996), American astronomer, philosopher, poet…
used to be
used to be
when someone spoke
extraordinarily
they’d be expected
to produce
proper proof
—
used to be
there was a common
understanding
—
of what was true
finding truth
finding truth
is a patient
principled
process
precise
persistent
probabilistic
—
peer reviewable
—
progressive
—
open to change
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As usual, D - your post got me thinking. I’d like to add one more “p word” to your list: Perception ( see Plato’s Allegory of the Cave). If, as Plato suggested, each of us has her/his own “truth” ( to which we are tied, as if in a cave) how do we find real answers? Plato gave us a solution, and so have you in this posting. But it is hard, hard, hard work.