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Are you familiar with Cui bono? Quite a number of things that Russia does these days fall under that category and are generally accepted as Russia's doing despi
by anthonybsd 9y ago
Are you familiar with Cui bono? Quite a number of things that Russia does these days fall under that category and are generally accepted as Russia's doing despite any concrete evidence. I.e. killing Putin's critics, sponsorship of far right parties in Europe, supporting an uprising in Eastern Ukraine, etc.
- pdkl95 9y ago> Are you familiar with Cui bono? Of course. It's a very good heuristic for where to start an investigation; the guilty party is often found among the people that benefit. It can also be a plausible motive. However, as evidence it's only circummstanti8al. I shouldn't accuse you of robbing your local bank simply because you could have benefited from the stolen cash. > are generally accepted as Russia's doing despite any concrete evidence A lot of people have been making fallacious claims about Russia (and other places). I suspect that Putin is responsible for some of tho9se claims, but that doesn't mean they all are. Argumentum ad populum is still a fallacy,