Dr
Carl Sagan popularized, “Extra-ordinary claims require
extra-ordinary evidence” which Dr Marcello Truzzi
had introduced in his writings on skepticism.
Here are SIX
reasons why Carl Sagan’s claim that ‘extra-ordinary
claims require extra-ordinary evidence’ is ABSOLUTELY
WRONG - something which has misled and misinformed a number
of skeptics over the years.
It’s something which the skeptics have been repeating
even though Carl Sagan eventually accepted aspects of the
paranormal.
Five
reasons:
1. Carl
Sagan was a scientist, an astronomer who studied
theoretical physics. This means he never had to prove any
claim to anyone in his lifetime. He knew absolutely NOTHING
about the different levels of admissibility of evidence.
2.
We attorneys, lawyers and judges are the
true EXPERTS in evidence. We have the expertise, the skills
and the competence to know what levels of evidence are required
to accept any claim.
3.
Scientists NEVER apply Carl Sagan’s claim.
As a matter of fact, pharmaceutical scientists use the legal
civil test of ‘on balance of probabilities’
to validate the safety of their drugs. This means that for
their extraordinary claim that drugs cure cancer –
like chemotherapy – these scientists only have to
prove 51% that their drugs are safe! These scientists are
not even using the test of beyond reasonable doubt!
4.
When Galileo made that very extraordinary claim
to the Pope that that it is the earth which goes around
the sun, not the sun which goes around the earth, Galileo
did NOT NEED extra-ordinary evidence. All Galileo had to
do was to have evidence that was objective and repeatable.
That ABSOLUTELY proved his EXTRA-ORDINARY claim!
5. And
to-day we have the objective and repeatable evidence
for the afterlife and the paranormal-- evidence that no
Professor Carl Sagan, no Prof Stephan Hawking, no Professor
Richard Dawkins or any other reductionist scientist has
been able to rebut in twenty years.
I have
presented this irrefutable afterlife evidence in the new
book: A Lawyer Presents the Evidence for the Afterlife.
Available from Amazon.com
July 2013.
Victor Zammit website: www.victorzammit.com/
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