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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5177084" data-attributes="member: 22779">The &quot;reasonable observer&quot; criteria is the basis for much of our society.&nbsp; If a reasonable observer would conclude that the world was flat, then it is up to the person making the claim to prove differently.&nbsp; If that person cannot prove it, then the reasonable observer criteria should be followed.To use an earlier example, a reasonable observer would reject the idea that Gygax is DMing your game from the grave, because the assertion fails a reasonable observer test (do people regularly communicate from the grave?).&nbsp; The onus then falls to the person making the claim to prove that he's receiving communications from beyond the veil.&nbsp; The far more likely event is that the claimant is perhaps using some hardcore hallucinogens.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5177084, member: 22779"] The "reasonable observer" criteria is the basis for much of our society. If a reasonable observer would conclude that the world was flat, then it is up to the person making the claim to prove differently. If that person cannot prove it, then the reasonable observer criteria should be followed. To use an earlier example, a reasonable observer would reject the idea that Gygax is DMing your game from the grave, because the assertion fails a reasonable observer test (do people regularly communicate from the grave?). The onus then falls to the person making the claim to prove that he's receiving communications from beyond the veil. The far more likely event is that the claimant is perhaps using some hardcore hallucinogens. :) [/QUOTE]

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