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Sometimes a decision has to be made though - e.g. is a particular person a murderer. In most countries, the burden of proof is on the accuser and the accused d
by worrycue 3y ago
Sometimes a decision has to be made though - e.g. is a particular person a murderer.
In most countries, the burden of proof is on the accuser and the accused doesn’t need to proven his or her innocence and is treated as innocent until proven otherwise.
- jacquesm 3y agoSure, but science isn't a murder trial, it is entirely evidence based. Show the evidence, if there is none we'll move on and if there is you get a Nobel (in the case of superconductivity at room temperature and ambient pressure). We (the rest of the world) can't prove a negative, so it is up to the claimant to supply the proof. Given proof it will be believed, no proof then it's a no-op. With the murder trial you can assume a-priori that there is a murderer, the question then is 'who', not if a murder is possible or not. These are entirely different problems for a logic perspective.