[Ads-l] extraordinary claims extraordinary evidence

[Jonathan Lighter]

But how extraordinary is extraordinary? ("Really, really extraordinary" is
an unacceptable answer.)

David Hume argued that since error, delusion, and deception are
commonplace, *no* evidence for what he called the miraculous is likely ever
to be enough.

Meanwhile...

http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/08/experiment-confirms-that-quantum-mechanics-scoffs-at-our-local-reality/

JL

On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

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> Oops. My mistake. The snippets did not show up at first.
> I now see the phrase is cited as 1975, just as you wrote. Sorry.
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> I've found an almost exact reference from 1824. It's a fairly obvious
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> ht, and I doubt the 1824 author could claim any great originality.
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> "Extraordinary claims can rest only on extraordinary proofs. Ordinary
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> ms are supported by common proofs."
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> http://tinyurl.com/pao87w7
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> As for Truzzi, here's a cite from 1975
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> http://tinyurl.com/pqcm3ts
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