Re:Brazil's Pirahã Tribe: Living Without Numbers or Time (2006)
by joe_the_user on Friday December 19, 2014 @04:03PM
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It seems fairly simple.
Extraordinary claims are often made and publicized widely today just because they get attention, grab eye-balls and so-forth.
Most of these ordinary claims are at least unproven if not wholly fallacious for similar reasons.
This is why "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". Once a claim has made that rounds and gotten some pretty thorough debunking, it's reasonable to say that it's water under the bridge and move to the next claim.
Extraordinary claims are often made and publicized widely today just because they get attention, grab eye-balls and so-forth.
Most of these ordinary claims are at least unproven if not wholly fallacious for similar reasons.
This is why "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". Once a claim has made that rounds and gotten some pretty thorough debunking, it's reasonable to say that it's water under the bridge and move to the next claim.