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[[Carl Sagan]] popularized this as "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence".<ref>{{Cite episode | title= Encyclopaedia Galactica | series= Cosmos | credits= Carl Sagan (writer/host) | network= PBS | airdate= December 14, 1980 | number= 12 | minutes= 01:24}}</ref> |
[[Carl Sagan]] popularized this as "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence".<ref>{{Cite episode | title= Encyclopaedia Galactica | series= Cosmos | credits= Carl Sagan (writer/host) | network= PBS | airdate= December 14, 1980 | number= 12 | minutes= 01:24}}</ref> |
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However, this may have been based on a quote by [[Pierre-Simon Laplace#Quotes|Laplace]] which goes, "The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness." This, in turn, may have been based on the statement "A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence" by [[David Hume]].<ref>{{Cite book | last = Hume| first = David| authorlink = David Hume| title = An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, chap. 10.4 | year=1748 | url=http://www.davidhume.org/texts/?text=ehu#10}}</ref> |
However, this may have been based on a quote by [[Pierre-Simon Laplace#Quotes|Laplace]] which goes, "The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness." This, in turn, may have been based on the statement "A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence" by [[David Hume]].<ref>{{Cite book | last = Hume| first = David| authorlink = David Hume| title = An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, chap. 10.4 | year=1748 | url=http://www.davidhume.org/texts/?text=ehu#10}}</ref> |
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence Template:Quotation
Carl Sagan popularized this as "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence".[1] However, this may have been based on a quote by Laplace which goes, "The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness." This, in turn, may have been based on the statement "A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence" by David Hume.[2]
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Adapted from Wikipedia