20 Feb '06 16:11>
Originally posted by StarrmanCould you explain, please?
Only if the series of events reduced the dubitability of their occuring cause. If each subsequent event does not, then number is not a consideration in their proof.
Over the weekend, I happened to see Final Destination 3. The premise of the movie is ingenious - a teenager gets a premonition of a roller coaster crashing and killing all its passengers, including herself. Overcome by panic, she gets off the ride and gets several of her friends to get off the ride as well. Naturally, the ride crashes. A few weeks later, the kids who got off the ride start dying in freak accidents, and in the order in which they would've died had they been on the ride.
Now, if this were a real-life event, would you conclude that the series of events "reduced the dubitability" of concluding that a malevolent force was at work here?