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a claim made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence
Unless it's common knowledge or easily sourced.
no. support your claims
🫡 Really
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those examples I could accept but I think a lot of people use imparted wisdom as "common knowledge" and we should drill down on any claim that is disputed.
Prove it.
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/academic-skills-kit/study-skills/critical-thinking/using-evidence-to-support-your-argument/
you see that you just did, right? it's tautological.
Yes, my friend, I did see.
This is false actually. Any claim can be dismissed and evidence doesn't matter because nobody cares. The best way to convince people of things is with cheap psychological parlor tricks
black pilled as fuck