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Hume’s Maxim:
That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish; and even in that case there is a mutual destruction of arguments, and the superior only gives us an assurance suitable to that degree of force, which remains, after deducting the inferior.
is close to diametric opposition of Occam’s Razor.
thanks! wrong kind of opposite i think, because this actually makes sense 🙃
Reminds me of:
When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Arthur Conan Doyle (as Sherlock Holmes), The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #9)
Don’t forget useful idiots.
i promise you i did not forget lol.
Who said all shills were paid?
literally everyone, that’s kind of a key element of what that word means lol. if you’re not getting paid or otherwise benefiting you’re not really a shill technically
but internet language hate rot has loosened the term to mean “person i don’t like” so your misunderstanding is forgiven haha
I haven’t seen a dime for the things i do in my self interest, for friendship, or loyalty. Guess I must be doing it wrong.
I think there’s some kind of misunderstanding? I’m just trying to express that shilling isn’t something people do for fun, but because they get something in return lol. I don’t know why my comment quoting dictionary.com is getting downvotes, what is up with that lol? This wasn’t meant to personally attack anyone.
second time i’ve posted this and still no clue if the people downvoting don’t understand it’s irony or if it’s the chatgpt bots /s
