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Re:Two research teams reverse signs of aging in mice by avgcorrection on Sunday January 15, 2023 @05:15AM (#34388290)
> It can only ever be a piece of evidence alongside others.

A heuristic is not evidence, as you should know.

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Re:Two research teams reverse signs of aging in mice by hyko on Sunday January 15, 2023 @05:19AM (#34388317)
Yeah exactly, I’m saying it’s dangerous to use “who benefits?” as a heuristic, because it will be wrong far more often than it will be right.
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Re:Two research teams reverse signs of aging in mice by avgcorrection on Sunday January 15, 2023 @05:27AM (#34388350)
> Yeah exactly,

I say that it is a heuristic, you conflate it with evidence, and then you say that’s exactly the point (that it’s not evidence)? You’re not saying anything that I haven’t said originally.

Your supposed counter-example is beyond facile. Who-benefits presupposes that the agent has the means to affect some outcome. But no human could have arranged the rotation of the Earth.

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