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Joe Hume

Posts are usually about philosophy and whatever catches my interest. Views expressed here are my own and do not reflect the views of my employer.

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Latest Issues

Testimonial Claims Are Practically Not Evidence For Extremely Improbable Events

In my last post, I argued that claims, properly understood, are not evidence. Admittedly, my definition of “claim” was very narrow. What I really wanted to demonstrate in that post was a few things:

  • The importance of relevance and caus...
4 days ago
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Life Updates And Other Things

Hey All,

I’m working on a post about the testimony, but I’m not sure when it’s coming out. In the meantime, I figured I’d post some life and blog updates, since I haven’t done that in a while.

I Moved To Denver; Some Urbanism Thoughts...

a month ago
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It’s Defensible To Think Claims Aren’t Evidence

If you’ve been on philosophy/religion/epistemology social media, you’ll have noticed a few weeks ago that there was a kerfuffle between atheist YouTuber Matt Dillahunty and Princeton PhD candidate Joe Schmid. The dispute centered around whe...

2 months ago
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The Stenger-Dawkins Dilemma

I’ve seen very annoying notes these days making fun of people saying you can’t prove a negative. So here’s my hot take.

You cannot prove a negative that is not:

  1. Tautological (You can prove a triangle doesn’t have 4 sides)

  2. Relyi...

3 months ago
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Glen Scrivener Is In Over His Head

Yesterday I listened to Glen Scrivener and Alex O’Connor’s conversation on western civilization. The exchange, at about 96 minutes in, inspired this post. For the sake of simplicity, I’m referring to his arguments, and related arguments, as...

3 months ago
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