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> Burden of proof is properly on whoever insist it does Why? Why is does saying that something works bring you to a higher standard than saying that something
by phendrenad2 5y ago
> Burden of proof is properly on whoever insist it does
Why? Why is does saying that something works bring you to a higher standard than saying that something doesn't work? See, when you look at it logically that doesn't make sense.
- ncmncm 5y agoBecause not working well is the natural, i.e. higher-entropy, condition. Actually working is evidence of time and effort meaningfully expended, of money spent and not just pocketed or squandered. It is not unlike the expectation that the toilet seat be left down, not up.
- phendrenad2 5y agoIt seems to me that any burden of proof would lie with the manufacturer, who must convince the consumer. When one consumer says "it works" and another consumer says "it doesn't work", then we're outside the usual burden-of-proof social dictates and we have to adopt new rules. Such as, I propose, both people need to bring evidence or expect to convince no one.