(March 10, 2018 at 6:55 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: I've always personally believed the burden of proof was the responsibility of the one making the positive claim.
So if I change my phrasing to make it a negative claim, is it all of the sudden exempt?
Also even a negative claim is still making a positive claim about what is true. If you check the Wiki article on this, it calls this pseudo-logic.
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If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
