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You are mixing up “Devils advocate” with “prove the negative for me.” The point of Devils advocate is to test assumptions, not to accept the first correlation a
by firesteelrain 11mo ago
You are mixing up “Devils advocate” with “prove the negative for me.”
The point of Devils advocate is to test assumptions, not to accept the first correlation as gospel.
If pedestrian and cyclist deaths rise 80% and 50% while vehicle size, road design, lighting, speeding, and impairment trends also shift, then asking whether those factors matter is not “sowing doubt.” It is literally how causal analysis works.
If your position is that questioning causality is illegitimate unless I hand you a fully formed alternative theory, then you are not defending evidence. You are defending certainty.
- quitit 11mo agonope, and arguing the point was anticipated. You've still not presented anything. You're free to suggest an alternative concept, and that would be discussed because this is a forum, and not a place to play transparent political games.
- firesteelrain 11mo agoNo. I am not required to present an alternative explanation just to question someone’s claim. Challenging an inference is valid on its own.