rainrainBanned from community to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoCause-effect was always a broken narrative. Twice-broken when you attach a pricetag.message-squaremessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down131
arrow-up1-28arrow-down1message-squareCause-effect was always a broken narrative. Twice-broken when you attach a pricetag.rainrainBanned from community to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square37linkfedilink
minus-squarerainrainBanned from communityOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down10·edit-23 months agoI hesitate to assume cause and effect. I mean it makes a nice story but I wouldn’t marry it. Also, it’s like talking to medieval fundamentalists in here. You don’t see it because you all agree with each other.
minus-squareFlagstaff@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoBut you’re not even willing to provide an example of what you mean…
minus-squarerainrainBanned from communityOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down10·3 months agoYou didn’t provide examples either, actually.
minus-squareFlagstaff@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 months agoBut you’re the one positing a claim! The one making a claim is obliged to back it up, not the readers…
minus-squarerainrainBanned from communityOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·3 months agoBut you aren’t demanding that I defend my claim, you are asking for clarification, right?
minus-squareFlagstaff@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYou already explained it here so it’s fine. With that said, though, I would say in general that giving examples (the more, the better) is equivalent to defending, as any relatable example gives any given claim more merit.
I hesitate to assume cause and effect. I mean it makes a nice story but I wouldn’t marry it.
Also, it’s like talking to medieval fundamentalists in here. You don’t see it because you all agree with each other.
But you’re not even willing to provide an example of what you mean…
You didn’t provide examples either, actually.
But you’re the one positing a claim! The one making a claim is obliged to back it up, not the readers…
But you aren’t demanding that I defend my claim, you are asking for clarification, right?
You already explained it here so it’s fine. With that said, though, I would say in general that giving examples (the more, the better) is equivalent to defending, as any relatable example gives any given claim more merit.