Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co...
by MichaelZuo on Monday January 08, 2024 @11:33AM
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Courts would consider it to be 'evidence' if 'Crazy Carl' was saying it on the witness stand, just very low quality and unpersuasive 'evidence'.
Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co...
by alexvoda on Monday January 08, 2024 @11:42AM
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Maybe we should not be mixing the meaning of "evidence" in a scientific context with the meaning in a legal context. Clearly science does not care about human laws, verdicts, juries, etc.. Different contexts, different meanings. Just because an unsupported claim can be valid legal evidence does not mean it can be scientific evidence.
Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co...
by MichaelZuo on Monday January 08, 2024 @11:48AM
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In the scientific context it would still be considered 'evidence' of some kind because there is indeed a very very very small chance an alien in fact, in ground truth, stole the prized turnip for whatever reasons.
Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co...
by pixl97 on Monday January 08, 2024 @01:44PM
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Or, in cases where corroborating evidence does not exist, one should believe the high frequence event causation rather than the low one first.
Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co...
by MichaelZuo on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @11:28AM
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Sure, but it's still evidence to some degree.
And pushing that "alleged facts" boil down to "someone says" is ignoring some methods of science. Some people have recorded what the value of gravity on earth is. They have also recorded an analytic equation to calculate it, with the argument that it would work in other locations. They have then worked examples validating the equation in other locations. They have also given directions for how you can, personally, validate the value where you are. This is all very different than "someone says."