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Twitter respondents cannot define "extraordinary evidence" — shifting, subjective standard

Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence? Nah. 00:09:51 – 00:11:25

Part of the data-gathering from Twitter, illustrating the definitional problem with the slogan.

One respondent said what counts as extraordinary evidence "depends on the claim" — the same word is used to mean different things in different parts of the argument. Another said a single piece of evidence can be extraordinary for one claim and not for another. Mike argues this results in a subjective, shifting standard that makes consistent evaluation impossible.

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