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Do you have proof or did you mean "as it's a brand new account then it's probably made up"? The difference between those two things is rather important.
by andybak 2y ago
Do you have proof or did you mean "as it's a brand new account then it's probably made up"?
The difference between those two things is rather important.
- GaggiX 2y agoThe other comment under mine replied for me. Also, something is false until evidence is provided, not the opposite. In this case, I'm very confident that the post is creative writing.
- spuz 2y agoWhat is the evidence that the story is false then? You can't require a high standard to believe something is true but not that it's false. That would be a contradiction.
- GaggiX 2y agoThere is no contradiction, my logic follows a common approach in skepticism, where claims are treated as false until evidence is provided.
- spuz 2y agoI don't consider myself an expert in this area so I looked up the page on Skepticism on Wikipedia and it says this: > skeptics normally recommend not disbelief but suspension of belief, i.e. maintaining a neutral attitude that neither affirms nor denies the claim. This makes a lot more sense to me. Regardless, I believe there is plenty of evidence in the Reddit thread that this is indeed a false story - it's just when I initially read your comment I hadn't considered that evidence since you didn't mention it.