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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5178416" data-attributes="member: 22779">Ahh, but you've changed the example.&nbsp; It's gone from, &quot;Cats love to swim&quot; to &quot;In my experience cats love to swim&quot;.&nbsp; That's a whole 'nother bag of fish.&nbsp; The reasonable observer doesn't really apply here because you're only making claims about your experience.&nbsp; I suppose I might apply a reasonable observer standard to judge whether or not to believe your experience, but, in this particular case, I would say it's entirely plausible that you have experienced many swimming cats, simply because there are many cats that do like to swim.However, if you try to move beyond your experience to a general &quot;cats love swimming&quot; then a reasonable observer would probably have a great deal of problem with that because there are many, many cats that certainly don't love swimming.Going back to the Gygax is my DM thing.&nbsp; A reasonable observer would reject this out of hand since the idea that Gygax is reaching beyond the grave to run your game is pretty implausible.&nbsp; I'm certainly not saying this is the ONLY standard.&nbsp; But, as a general rule, it's probably one of the first ones that should be applied.&nbsp; Is the statement plausible is a pretty basic criteria for deciding whether or not to agree with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5178416, member: 22779"] Ahh, but you've changed the example. It's gone from, "Cats love to swim" to "In my experience cats love to swim". That's a whole 'nother bag of fish. The reasonable observer doesn't really apply here because you're only making claims about your experience. I suppose I might apply a reasonable observer standard to judge whether or not to believe your experience, but, in this particular case, I would say it's entirely plausible that you have experienced many swimming cats, simply because there are many cats that do like to swim. However, if you try to move beyond your experience to a general "cats love swimming" then a reasonable observer would probably have a great deal of problem with that because there are many, many cats that certainly don't love swimming. Going back to the Gygax is my DM thing. A reasonable observer would reject this out of hand since the idea that Gygax is reaching beyond the grave to run your game is pretty implausible. I'm certainly not saying this is the ONLY standard. But, as a general rule, it's probably one of the first ones that should be applied. Is the statement plausible is a pretty basic criteria for deciding whether or not to agree with it. [/QUOTE]

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