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Don't you think EVERYONE should provide independently verifiable evidence for their allegations.
by pinkfoot 7y ago
Don't you think EVERYONE should provide independently verifiable evidence for their allegations.
- avip 7y agoThat’s pretty obvious no?
- chillacy 7y agoIn case you’re implying the parent should also provide evidence: it’s way harder to prove the non-existence of something than the existence. I’m not sure if that’s a universal rule (in math for instance) but it’s certainly in something like a magic teapot behind mars.
- pinkfoot 7y agoNot implying that at all.
- avip 7y agoI do think the strength of evidence should be somewhat correlated to the weight of claims, Maybe a sidenote to extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. I've expressed similar sentiment here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17738147 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17738147