But, at the same time, as Sagan mentioned, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. A lot of completely batshit stuff pops up, all the time.
Sure, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. But this claim is not so extraordinary. It's just against what was (at one time) the common wisdom.
Extraordinary claims would be that humans were in this location far earlier than previous evidence suggested and they had mastered flight or were doing calculus or something.
I know that. There has been a pretty steady drumbeat of evidence of pre-Clovis stuff for many years.
I apologize for appearing to dis the claim. That was not my intent. I was simply stating the issues we face in these types of things, with gatekeepers and crazies.
I actually support this guy. I think he's probably correct.
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Heh. I like “Clovis police.”
That’s a problem in any community; gatekeepers.
But, at the same time, as Sagan mentioned, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. A lot of completely batshit stuff pops up, all the time.
Sure, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. But this claim is not so extraordinary. It's just against what was (at one time) the common wisdom.
Extraordinary claims would be that humans were in this location far earlier than previous evidence suggested and they had mastered flight or were doing calculus or something.
I know that. There has been a pretty steady drumbeat of evidence of pre-Clovis stuff for many years.
I apologize for appearing to dis the claim. That was not my intent. I was simply stating the issues we face in these types of things, with gatekeepers and crazies.
I actually support this guy. I think he's probably correct.
A series of ordinary evidences can collectively make an extraordinary claim more probable than its negation.