CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoWhat did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?message-squaremessage-square305fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down15
arrow-up1213arrow-down1message-squareWhat did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square305fedilink
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 months agoIf you’re claiming my fridge has no tiny invisible pink elephants you are welcome to provide evidence. I will make no claims on the matter and thus have to provide no evidence either way. Edit: I think you’re confusing me for the other guy.
minus-squareA_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months ago I think you’re confusing me for the other guy. I was, but you’re running defense for him so I think the point still stands. Believing claims on the grounds that they haven’t been disproven is just bad epistemology, and it certainly isn’t good science. Hence the elephants.
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months ago Believing claims on the grounds that they haven’t been disproven is just bad epistemology Well, it’s a good thing that wasn’t my position.
If you’re claiming my fridge has no tiny invisible pink elephants you are welcome to provide evidence.
I will make no claims on the matter and thus have to provide no evidence either way.
Edit: I think you’re confusing me for the other guy.
I was, but you’re running defense for him so I think the point still stands.
Believing claims on the grounds that they haven’t been disproven is just bad epistemology, and it certainly isn’t good science. Hence the elephants.
Well, it’s a good thing that wasn’t my position.