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I used to feel similarly, but see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14621466 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14621466 which completely changed my mind.
by sillysaurus3 9y ago
I used to feel similarly, but see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14621466 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14621466 which completely changed my mind.
Empirically, we seem to be too far in the direction of "innocent until proven guilty." This allows people to prey on others unchecked.
It can swing back too far in the other direction, but a healthy balance is probably best.
- ams6110 9y agoTypical standards for these sorts of things are a presumption of innocence until shown otherwise, which can be to varying degrees of certainty: preponderance of evidence (i.e. "more likely true than not"), clear and convincing evidence ("quite likely true"), or beyond a reasonable doubt. I would hope that at least a preponderance of evidence standard is used, beyond just the leveling of an accusation. Considering the consequences for the accused, clear and convincing is probably a better standard.
- gozur88 9y ago>Empirically, we seem to be too far in the direction of "innocent until proven guilty." You can't know this without knowing how many of the allegations are false.
- multibit 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_formulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_formulation