@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-square314fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down15
arrow-up1214arrow-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-square314fedilink
minus-square@Isoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish2•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-square@A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•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-square@Isoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish2•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.