I'll put it this way (as the carpet-layer said to Mae West).
I will consider any and all evidence, and assess it for validity. My standards for what I accept as credible evidence aren't all that high; they are the same as I apply to just about anything else, which I assume is basically SOP for all rational apes with hyperactive thyroids and a penchant for junk food. Even rocks manage to meet my standards.
However, when the evidence consists of mined quotes, strawmen, PRATT arguments and outright lies, I think I'm entitled to suspect that perhaps, just perhaps, the evidence may not actually do what it says on the tin.
I will consider any and all evidence, and assess it for validity. My standards for what I accept as credible evidence aren't all that high; they are the same as I apply to just about anything else, which I assume is basically SOP for all rational apes with hyperactive thyroids and a penchant for junk food. Even rocks manage to meet my standards.
However, when the evidence consists of mined quotes, strawmen, PRATT arguments and outright lies, I think I'm entitled to suspect that perhaps, just perhaps, the evidence may not actually do what it says on the tin.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
