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If you're going to pretend yelling that people thinking the world will end by 2030 is reasonable, the burden of proof is on you to prove that credible organizat
by InitialLastName 6y ago
If you're going to pretend yelling that people thinking the world will end by 2030 is reasonable, the burden of proof is on you to prove that credible organizations are actually saying that. Otherwise, you're just putting up a strawman of "lots of crazy people saying the world will end by 2030".
- lordnacho 6y agoJust to be clear here, burden of proof is on whoever makes a claim. Strawmanning is refuting a claim that isn't quite what someone else claimed. Of you claim something exceptional, you need exceptional proof. Such as the mentioned world-will-end claims. If you are merely saying "there's a guy who says..." it's a whole lot easier, you just have to point at where he said it. I'm not making any claims, just pointing out that if someone indeed says that the world will end soon, they gotta do the heavy lifting.
- InitialLastName 6y agoI agree, but given that nobody with any real-world credibility is saying that, the person making the claim that the "world enders" are evidence that scientists are crazy has to prove that they exist.