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.
Hume’s Maxim:
is close to diametric opposition of Occam’s Razor.
thanks! wrong kind of opposite i think, because this actually makes sense 🙃
Reminds me of:
Arthur Conan Doyle (as Sherlock Holmes), The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #9)