WOTM: Extraordinary Claims, Part II
In a previously published video — on Low Bar Bill's channel!!! Billy tries to give us an example of an extraordinary claim which doesn't require extraordinary evidence. And it is such a miserable failure, I literally can't believe they A) published it after looking at it for two seconds, and B) continue to leave it up for people like me to see (mock, and ridicule). It shows you just how useless the brain becomes when one's thinking becomes agenda driven. And leaving it up lets you know that Bill's audience needs only to hear someone saying SOMETHING in defense of the faith, regardless of that "something's" stupidity.
Thanks again, gang. And enjoy!!! B
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And in direct contradiction to Bill's low bar belief in something because it's wonderful, if my friend came up to me and congratulated me for winning the lottery I would demand evidence. I would drag out the ticket and check the number against what the newspaper said was the winning numbers. I might call the newspaper and ask them to check for a typo, and then call the lottery officials to make sure of the numbers. I would ask another friend to look at the ticket numbers to make sure I'm not misinterpreting them. Only then would I allow myself to approach the threshold of belief. That may be over-the-top, but the extraordinary claim requires extraordinary evidence!
One of the main reasons religious people evangelize (IMHO) is to recruit more team members, which in turns creates larger communities of hoodwinked people who don't need to be troubled by all of that "Extraordinary evidence" stuff...
Winning the Lottery even though I didn’t buy a ticket would be a reason to believe in God. Of course that’s also a reason to believe god is a dick because he loves me more.
Of course, all you would need is a ride in Marty McFly's DeLorean for the proof of the lottery claim ;)
A lottery works because of the sheer number of tickets purchased by the masses. It certainly *isn't* an extraordinary event when a single person buys a ticket, nor when millions more do the same. And it's not a miracle when someone wins--someone *has* to win eventually, because millions of people playing perhaps billions of combinations of numbers overcomes the unlikely event of a single ticket winning a lottery... it becomes very likely that someone will win. Besides--evidence that you won the lottery (as a wise person says above) is the ticket itself. That's the only way you get the money!
I believe WLC has two doctorates. "His studies in Munich under Pannenberg's supervision led to a second doctorate, this one in theology." Source: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/William_lane_craig#Early_life_and_education
And yet… 😉
Once more, I have to quote the great Frank Zappa: "We're just in it for the money!". And that's exactly, what Bill is.
I think he’s got some serious existential angst as well. The kind that is typical in narcissists. Seriously!
LBB missed the class on Bayesian probabilities https://www.stata.com/features/overview/bayesian-intro/
Low bar Bill HAS to be correct because it makes Him money. There's the truth. lol.
Gee, Billy… doesn't that extraordinary million-in-one chance of winning the lottery actually require a million-in-one paper ticket as extraordinary evidence? Derp. 🤪
Good point. A million-in-one chance ain't that impressive when 300 million people buy 2 billion tickets--each of them playing a different sequence.