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Extraordinary Evidence

Edited by Vladimir_Nesov, Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg), PeerInfinity, et al. last updated 16th Sep 2020

Extraordinary evidence is evidence that turns an a priori highly unlikely event into an a posteriori likely event.

Blog posts

  • Extraordinary Claims ARE Extraordinary Evidence by Robin Hanson
  • Some Claims Are Just Too Extraordinary by Eliezer Yudkowsky

See also

  • Evidence
  • Belief update

References

  • Hanson, Robin. When Do Extraordinary Claims Give Extraordinary Evidence? George Mason University, March 2007.
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