Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence —Carl Sagan
(I know this quote is very much a cliche—but, as a realized a long time after seeing it, it is not only a nice heuristic, but it also emphasizes the bayesian, probabilistic view of knowledge over the popperian one.)
(I know this quote is very much a cliche—but, as a realized a long time after seeing it, it is not only a nice heuristic, but it also emphasizes the bayesian, probabilistic view of knowledge over the popperian one.)