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Old 06-13-2008, 05:39 PM
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Re: Proportionality of Evidence

Aedes,

You state that 'an ordinary claim does not need a lot of evidence because it already consistent with the evidence'. However, so long as an extraordinary claim does not contradict the evidence then it must also be consistent with the evidence, and so any evidence which supports an ordinary claim must also support an extraordinary claim (assuming that evidental support is had only by its consistency with a claim).
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