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Retricyesterday at 2:36 PM3 repliesview on HN

No, you ignored evidence presented while failing to provide any of your own.

Evidence has no minimum standard in debate, you can only provide more compelling evidence to the contrary.


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fc417fc802yesterday at 2:47 PM

I don't think that's fair. He asked about statistical defensibility (implies an entire dataset) and was handed something that definitely does not qualify. What was provided certainly makes it clear that it's a reasonable thing to wonder about but it doesn't (at least I don't think) rise to the level of actually supporting the claim in question.

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tt24yesterday at 2:44 PM

Sorry, that's not how this works. Claims must be supported by evidence. I didn't ignore it, I reviewed it and explained how it doesn't support the claim.

I have no obligation to provide evidence to the contrary. Claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

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kstrauseryesterday at 3:50 PM

And to expand on that, this isn’t even a debate. It’s a casual chat about an actual courtroom debate. Here, no one is judging our presentation. We don’t have to meet a high standard of evidence to speak our opinions, lest they be judged invalid.

However, in the actual courtroom where very similar arguments played out with real consequences, Afroman was found not liable for saying more inflammatory versions of the same things. That is, he was judged, for worse, and he won.