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That's cool. What happens if I say that aliens did not abduct Carl's prize turnip, and instead it spontaneously combusted? Is there then 'conflicting evidence'
by Angostura 3y ago
That's cool.
What happens if I say that aliens did not abduct Carl's prize turnip, and instead it spontaneously combusted? Is there then 'conflicting evidence'?
Seems to be that the 'evidence' in both these cases is so vanishingly small as to not be evidence
- araes 3y agoYour response is effectively an antagonist style one (as written here). You're responding to Carl's statement, by immediately providing something to discredit Carl. If, you were actually someone involved with the turnip theft, and in a legal sense had something like standing to challenge Carl's statement, then your mutual testimony would probably be considered.
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- thfuran 3y agoIf Carl tried to file an insurance claim for his stolen turnip, an insurance adjuster might ask a neighbor whether they saw what happened, but otherwise the neighbor who saw the turnip spontaneously combust has nothing resembling legal standing. You're suggesting that it is the insurance adjuster asking that determines whether the neighbor's statement is evidence, while Carl's statement is definitively evidence? Is the key to producing evidence being the first to make a claim about a topic?