RE: Peterson's 12 Rules For Life, have you heard of this?
September 10, 2018 at 7:27 am
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2018 at 7:42 am by bennyboy.)
(September 10, 2018 at 1:42 am)Tizheruk Wrote:Interesting. How does one ask for evidence for factual claims "in bad faith"?Quote:"Ye gods. The dirty tricks! Asking someone to provide actual sources for factual claims.It is when the asker asks it in bad faith
(September 10, 2018 at 1:42 am)Tizheruk Wrote: Only people like you would not get that not everyone who asks for sources does so honestly and in good faith .I'd have to agree with you on this. I cannot fathom any scenario in which someone, when presented with a statement of fact, is not entitled to ask where the supposed fact came from. When a factual assertion is made about scientific studies, then it is very obvious to me that one should immediately ask "What study? Where can I find this information?"
Khemikal made his assertions in a very particular context-- in berating "scientific racists" for failing to present specific statistical information which contradicted their biased views. He then followed up on this accusation with a rather ironic refusal to present that same information despite perhaps a dozen requests to do so, and even a financial incentive for doing so.
"Scientific racists, whom I hate with a passion, refuse to present this information. . . and so do I, and you can't make me!"
I mean. . . it feels like a particularly boring episode of the Twilight Zone.
