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Re:Brain research on boys’ preference for video games and gi... by xyzzyz on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @08:31PM (#21066309)
There are and will always be considerations not taken into account. Raising them is thus a fully general counterargument, and as such is best ignored. If you don't want your potential confounders be ignored, the burden of proof is on you to provide evidence that these confounders actually matter.
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Re:Brain research on boys’ preference for video games and gi... by dwaltrip on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @09:27PM (#21066659)
There isn't a general case rule you can apply here to determine burden of proof.

If the target domain is incredibly complex with major fundamental unknowns, then even robust results should not be viewed as 100% definitive.

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Re:Brain research on boys’ preference for video games and gi... by solidsnack9000 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:24AM (#21067874)
It is a good practice to not view results as 100% definitive and be willing to revise your ideas in the light of disconfirming observations — just not in the light of disconfirming stories.
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Re:Brain research on boys’ preference for video games and gi... by mokus on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @09:45PM (#21066758)
IMO the “burden of proof” is a mostly vacuous concept to begin with, because it always and only ever lies with the party that wishes to change others’ minds.
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Re:Brain research on boys’ preference for video games and gi... by AstralStorm on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:20AM (#21067850)
Because it's reasonable. You cannot disprove what has no evidence, and why should you look for it, other than normal single good science "college try" check? It's a great way to waste time.

If the concept is not obvious, the onus is even more on the person bringing it up. Otherwise we'd still have physics running on phlogiston, and medicine on leeches as everyone explored irrelevant ideas.

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Re:Brain research on boys’ preference for video games and gi... by solidsnack9000 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:27AM (#21067888)
What you said is basically “the one who asserts must prove”, an old standard way to describe the burden of proof.
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