RE: The nature of evidence
May 2, 2016 at 4:59 am
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2016 at 5:01 am by robvalue.)
Another point:
The evidence needs to be convincing to your audience, if you have any intention of trying to change anyone's opinions. If you don't have any such intention, and you couldn't care less whether people believe you or not, then just don't bother trying to produce evidence in the first place.
But if you do care, then it's no good just telling people whatever you present "is convincing" is "is evidence to you". It's irrelevant to me what happens to convince you. So if you're dealing with sceptics, as many of the forum members are here, you need something substantial, which we can actually check out ourselves. At the very least, that means no anecdotes and no arguments in lieu of evidence.
And a friendly warning: please don't try the tu quoque game by trying to make out all scientific evidence is somehow just anecdotes.
The evidence needs to be convincing to your audience, if you have any intention of trying to change anyone's opinions. If you don't have any such intention, and you couldn't care less whether people believe you or not, then just don't bother trying to produce evidence in the first place.
But if you do care, then it's no good just telling people whatever you present "is convincing" is "is evidence to you". It's irrelevant to me what happens to convince you. So if you're dealing with sceptics, as many of the forum members are here, you need something substantial, which we can actually check out ourselves. At the very least, that means no anecdotes and no arguments in lieu of evidence.
And a friendly warning: please don't try the tu quoque game by trying to make out all scientific evidence is somehow just anecdotes.
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