(January 26, 2023 at 11:29 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(January 26, 2023 at 11:23 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: Sure, but there are different levels of wrongness. Claims that aren't based on a study are way more wrong than claims that are based on a flawed study.
Not necessarily. Suppose I make the claim, without a study, that trees are made of wood. Someone conducts a flawed study which concludes that trees are made of pickled beets.
Which claim is ‘way more wrong’?
Boru
Are you a rationalist or an empiricist? Because what you say seems to be against empiricism.