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Personal sympathy for the slogan: the desire not to be gullible

Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence? Nah. 00:05:13 – 00:05:43

Mike acknowledges the psychological appeal of the slogan before dismantling it.

He grants that nobody wants to be gullible or believe things for insufficient reasons, so the phrase has intuitive appeal as a filter against credulity. However, he argues it does the opposite — it keeps people in denial rather than preventing gullibility.

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