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This isn't just wrong, it's fundamentally wrong. The burden is on those who wish to forward a positive claim. The meme won't go away because it nicely confirms
by dionidium 8y ago
This isn't just wrong, it's fundamentally wrong. The burden is on those who wish to forward a positive claim. The meme won't go away because it nicely confirms a popular and comforting narrative.
- wwweston 8y agoWhat we're talking about here isn't "a popular and comforting narrative," it's a description of a plausible model involving mechanisms that are at least partially understood. Once you're at that point, whether a challenge to that model or the model itself constitutes a claim that bears the greater burden of proof isn't as clear as it might be for any arbitrary claim.
- amelius 8y agoAnalogy: somebody claims that gravity is 10% stronger in New York City. The popular and comforting meme is that gravity works just normally in NYC. Who needs to prove anything?