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David Hume as possible earlier source of the idea behind the slogan

Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence？ Nah. 00:02:08 – 00:02:39

Mike traces the philosophical lineage of the slogan back to the 18th century.

Hume in the 1700s expressed similar ideas — that you can dismiss claims you feel are extraordinary or outside your worldview without seriously examining the evidence — though he never used the exact slogan.
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Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence？ Nah. @ 00:02:08

2019-05-01

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