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How Do We Really Know That Miracles Happen?
Shaw: How do we really know these are miracles? I mean, couldn't they be serndipity? Couldn't they be coincidence? What criteria should we use to know with confidence that miracles happen? Shaw: There is a very clear answer to it that is not a religious answer. It's actually a scientific answer. This principle is used in forensic science to decide whether a death was an accident or whether it was an intentional action of a murder. And so this is a well established principle. In fact, there are almost no false positives where you apply the principle. But you are wrongandthere the two principles are this, is the event highly improbable? Is it very