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Re:All DMCA Notices Filed Against TorrentFreak in 2023 Were ... by Spivak on Monday January 01, 2024 @05:49PM (#38836047)
"I think it's X with no evidence"

"I think it's Y with no evidence"

"Woah woah there, how dare you disagree with the groupthink, are you prepared to cite some sources?"

Why does X but not Y get to be presumed true until proven otherwise? Because we really want X to be true okayy.

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Re:All DMCA Notices Filed Against TorrentFreak in 2023 Were ... by albedoa on Monday January 01, 2024 @06:24PM (#38836266)
That is not how it went. The first person took a guess, and the second implied information that we don't have:

"I guess X"

"You are guessing wrong"

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Re:All DMCA Notices Filed Against TorrentFreak in 2023 Were ... by Qwertious on Monday January 01, 2024 @09:50PM (#38837496)
>Hitchens's razor is an epistemological razor that serves as a general rule for rejecting certain knowledge claims. It states "what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."
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Re:All DMCA Notices Filed Against TorrentFreak in 2023 Were ... by albedoa on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @09:33AM (#38841970)
Yes! Now, what was asserted without evidence?
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