• Sotuanduso@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    The burden of proof tennis is quite tricky here because it’s not about whether you claim something exists, it’s whether you claim something that goes against what’s generally accepted. If I claim quantum mechanics don’t exist, it’s not on you to prove they do.

    And that’s before we get into the fact that there isn’t a general consensus on whether God (or any gods) exist.

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      4 months ago

      Your premise is incorrect. The burden of proof for quantum mechanics is on the people claiming they exist. They provided those proofs, which is why people believe in them. I haven’t studied quantum mechanics, but if you asked somebody who does, they could offer proof or evidence. And if they couldn’t, then your claim it doesn’t exist (until proof was proffered) would be correct.

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        4 months ago

        It was on them until society generally accepted it. Now if I claim it doesn’t exist, the burden is on me.

        Or how about this: if I claim dinosaurs never existed and thus the fossils didn’t come from them, it’s not on you to prove they did.