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[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 70 points 1 month ago (4 children)

MrFilmKritic on Twitter has the answer for you.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I decided this a couple years ago unless someone seems unusually reasonable. No source will ever be good enough. The block button is the best way forward for most people who ask for a source. Because you can tell most people think asking for one is "winning" as soon as it's asked

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 month ago

The hero we deserve.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

No source needed, carry on.

[–] AnarchistsForKamala@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

a claim made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence

[–] Maeve@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unless it's common knowledge or easily sourced.

[–] AnarchistsForKamala@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Maeve@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

🫡 Really

Common knowledge You don’t have to back up absolutely everything you say with evidence (or you’d soon run out of wordcount to advance your own point properly!). Some things are common knowledge. That could mean that a fact is just generally known by everyone, and not disputed or in doubt. This could include:

•facts such as London is the capital of the United Kingdom •well documented dates such as the start of the First World War in 1914 •H20 being the chemical formula for water •things which everyone knows from their lived experience, such as the sky is blue.

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[–] AnarchistsForKamala@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] daltotron@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] AnarchistsForKamala@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

black pilled as fuck

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Lets not forget that it's about more than just that person. It's about the massive pile of data on the internet that will be read in the future and trawled for chatbot training.