Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I saw a 5-digit Michigan license plate the other day. Is this possible? This is a good example of the follies of a priori history, in which historians take an over-confident stance on a complex social matter, such as whether Pharisees would have joined with priests in sending guards to arrest Jesus or whether a Galilean fisherman would have been "known to the high priest." By that standard a later historian should view with grave suspicion my claim to have seen a Michigan license plate in 2025 with only 5 digits.
I saw a 5-digit Michigan license plate the other day. Is this possible? This is a good example of the follies of a priori history, in which historians take an over-confident stance on a complex social matter, such as whether Pharisees would have joined with priests in sending guards to arrest Jesus or whether a Galilean fisherman would have been "known to the high priest." By that standard a later historian should view with grave suspicion my claim to have seen a Michigan license plate in 2025 with only 5 digits.










