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Originally Posted by Shrekonwheels
Lol, ok bro, in other words you got nuttin.
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No, I wouldn't say that I got nothing.
I was simply saying that it assists in grasping points made by contributors, assessing the validity of proposals and the like if only to be able to understand how these techniques are in use today.
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Originally Posted by Walkabout
If this whole subject were to be considered in court it might be thrown out as "not proven".
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I made this statement on the basis of https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/burden-of-proof
(the UK criminal courts have a term something like "beyond reasonable doubt" or words to that effect; the civil courts have a lower burden of proof).
Anyone can scroll through that whole list of fallacious techniques to see further ways in which arguments are made.
All of that is without any recourse to actually tampering with the results of experimentation, direct political interference in the practice of science or any of the other issues raised in this thread to date.
By the way, I have been reading your blog entries: not all of them by any means but some of the more recent.
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Dave
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