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    906. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

    906. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

    FromStoic Meditations

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    906. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

    FromStoic Meditations

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    3 minutes
    Released:
    Aug 27, 2021
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    Quintus, Cicero's brother, relies on other people's testimony to establish the reality of divination. But as his brother, David Hume, and Carl Sagan observed, that sort of evidence is insufficient to establish his extraordinary claim.

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    Released:
    Aug 27, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci. Complete index by author and source at https://massimopigliucci.org/stoic-podcast/. (cover art by Marek Škrabák; original music by Ian Jolin-Rasmussen). Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support