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He isn't saying that there's a possibility "however remote"; he's saying that we have absolutely no reason to prefer one explanation over another.

"So although we have seen evidence for it time and time again": you're begging the question and assuming the principle of induction, which is exactly what Hume is saying you can't justify.




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