• asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    the default for a baseless claim is to consider it false

    This is not correct.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)

    One way in which one would attempt to shift the burden of proof is by committing a logical fallacy known as the argument from ignorance. It occurs when either a proposition is assumed to be true because it has not yet been proven false or a proposition is assumed to be false because it has not yet been proven true.

    You are committing this logical fallacy.

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      1 year ago

      what may be asserted without evidence, may be dismissed without evidence

      That’s the same as considering a baseless claim false because it has no evidence.

      You are committing this logical fallacy.

      No you are making the mistake of comparing a “proposition” with a scientific claim that has been examined. Also you are making the mistake of using semantics to discard the scientific method. What you are arguing would in science be the same as claiming a hypothesis false without examination. That would be an argument from ignorance.

      Not all claims are equal, there’s a difference between a scientific claim and saying I had cereal for breakfast. Questioning an everyday personal experience is very different from questioning a scientific claim without evidence.