(May 21, 2015 at 10:24 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Does it? It removes the unstated assumption that no evidence is ever presented and replaces the burden of proof onto the claimant to provide compelling evidence. If you think that's an unfair standard, consider that it's how we approach all situations we are faced with every day. After all, you wouldn't go about swallowing pills from a stranger in the street without first asking for evidence that they are what they're claimed to be, would you?
I imagine people swallow unknown pills from strangers all the time. People are quite stupid sometimes.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.