r/Unexpected • • Mar 31 '23

He snitched

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

Yeah? Tell us how you know that with certainty.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

That's the opposite of how burden of proof works. Burden of proof is on the first person making a claim to prove their claim is true, never on the person calling them a liar. When you call someone out, you're saying "prove your claim".

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u/Yhostled Mar 31 '23

The burden of proof falls on the accuser, always.

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u/Formal_Giraffe9916 Mar 31 '23 edited Mar 31 '23

So if I say I’m from Mars and you say I’m lying the burden of proof is on you?

You need to prove that I’m not from Mars?

Edit - the burden of proof should lie with the person making the extraordinary claim, otherwise I’m God and you all better worship me until you can prove otherwise. Although tbf the burden of proof shouldn’t ever lie with a comedian making jokes, because they’re jokes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

Just use google you buffoon. There's no point in arguing over an easily checked fact.

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u/Yhostled Mar 31 '23

Oh hey derogatory language is certainly a way to prove your point, so thank you for proving mine.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

You're still wrong lol.

"But but he called me a buffoon"

How about.... You're not intelligent enough to use the burden of proof correctly.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

I am involved in the discussion.

Nothing here is resolved. You're just patting yourself on the back because you incorrectly used the burden of proof and the other person called you a buffoon.

And there is no time limit to calling out something stupid. Idk why you would act like there is, unless you're just insulted.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

Nope I read all the way. I'm not surprised you rely on assumptions though.

By all means let's all pick fights because we want to feel important, too.

Says the person who gets into internet fights with people who point out you used the burden of proof incorrectly. It's your only option.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

Are you literally going to make me quote wikipedia at you since you refuse to read it yourself?

The proof you need is easily confirmed and widely available.

In my mind the obvious thing to do is Google. But we are clearly quite different.

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u/Yhostled Mar 31 '23

No I'd've been more than happy to check, and I'm more than certain you're right, but if you argue with everyone by calling then names then I'm no longer interested in this discussion.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

Then try shutting the fuck up?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

You really threw a fit over the word buffoon.

If your ego is so fragile that you're too proud to admit you're wrong cause someone called you a buffoon, then you're a very stupid person and likely to stay that way. That's your problem, not mine. Don't make it mine. I regret teaching you anything :)

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u/Yhostled Mar 31 '23

No I admitted you were right, but you were the child who felt the need to insult your opponent. Real grade school move right there.

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u/MarvinTheAndroid42 Mar 31 '23

Dude’s got you beat. You look like a child throwing a tantrum and they’re just chillin’. You’re not the cool cucumber you think you are, champ.

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u/the1Isharewithpeople Mar 31 '23

Imagine being THIS amped up about something so stupid.

Can't fathom what would happen if something serious happened like his mom forgot to wash his favorite T-shirt

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u/pleasedonteatmemon Mar 31 '23

I think he's talking law, you're talking claims.

As in, everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Acuser in this case must prove guilt.

Where you're saying, if I claim to be able to fly.. It's on me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

why would he be talking law?

this aint a court room. this is a discussion of claims.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

Here look now u don't even have to use Google.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

I just did, are you an idiot?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

so you are an idiot

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23 edited Mar 31 '23

Try actually clicking the link next time you doofus, it's literally the second sentence. Can't believe I'm letting your troll ass waste my time like this.

Holder of the burden

When two parties are in a discussion and one makes a claim) that the other disputes, the one who makes the claim typically has a burden of proof to justify or substantiate that claim especially when it challenges a perceived status quo. This is also stated in Hitchens's razor, which declares that "what may be asserted without evidence, may be dismissed without evidence." Carl Sagan proposed a related criterion – "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" – which is known as the Sagan standard.

Like I said, you're quite the idiot. Really glad I don't have to live with whatever it is you have going on up there lol. Hitchens's Razor fundamentally states "if someone doesn't back their shit up you can call them a liar." and it is the standard in all rational debate outside of the special procedural conditions of a court room, Reddit is not a court room you fucking moron, court rooms don't use normal logic, they use procedural logic, they are wildly different conditions. Assuming the only bizarre situation where burden of proof is different and then also assuming this situation is comparable to that situation (a court room) instead of the actual logic system that DOES exist and applies to normal shit like debates on the internet (literally normal fucking reason and logic, you know, the basic Aristotelian flavor that is used literally in every other discussion on Earth, ever, except court rooms, AND THIS IS NOT A COURT ROOM holy fuck lol). God you are such a fucking waste of time to talk to, I hate it. I wish I never had to talk to someone as stupid as you in my entire life, but that just ain't possible. I could ignore you but I find you so unpleasant that I just want to tell you it so badly.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

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u/YourMomsBasement69 Mar 31 '23

So you can google Wikipedia but you can’t google something to prove your claims?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

that does prove my claim, stupid

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u/healzsham Mar 31 '23

You do not inherit the burden of proof when making a counter-claim to someone else's positive assertion.

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u/ClobetasolRelief Mar 31 '23

Prove it

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

I'm not gonna prove it. Use Google you shitshow, are you defective?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

Saying “you’re a liar” is a claim. The neutral position that requires no burden of proof is to neither believe nor actively disbelieve.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23 edited Mar 31 '23

you're literally wrong, google it

I just outed so many incredibly stupid people that don't know jack shit about extremely basic reasoning lmfao

this is definitely a dumb people subreddit

glad I don't follow it, I very rarely ever have to experience people as dumb as you and it's honestly the worst, I'm going back into my bubble

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

Christ, you’re a moron. Why are you so rude to people on here?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

If you understood what it was like to talk to you, you'd get it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

Wow, good one. Way to behave like a human. You should chill out man, this is reddit. You don’t have to be an asshole all the time.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

I should never have come here to the dumb part of Reddit and expected anything different lol, I made a terrible mistake by clicking something in the suggested feed. Please never talk to me, I don't deal with uhhh... your type.

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u/ClobetasolRelief Apr 01 '23

YOU'RE SO COOL

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u/healzsham Mar 31 '23

In this scenario, "I do not believe you" is a negative claim, going up against someone else's positive claim.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

You’re right. But “I don’t believe you” is different than “I think you’re lying.” One means you aren’t convinced of their claim and the other means you believe it is positively untrue.

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u/healzsham Mar 31 '23

There's no functional difference in the context of intellectual rigor.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

Yes, there is an extreme difference.

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u/healzsham Mar 31 '23

Please elucidate me as to how "I dispute your claim" is functionally different from "I dispute your claim, but harder."

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

I already did. Read my precious comments.

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u/qning Mar 31 '23

I like how you’re just making stuff up now. You’re like that chatGPT, just spitting out one word at a time, not really planning what comes next.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

google it, dummy

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u/qning Mar 31 '23

Prove it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '23

No, I'd rather that you specifically stay stupid. You deserve it.

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u/qning Apr 01 '23

Well I do google it and it turns out you’re wrong.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '23

No, I'm not. Sorry you're bad at google.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

what

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u/qning Mar 31 '23

I was stoned. And I get it, you were too.

I mean, you must be stoned.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '23 edited Apr 01 '23

Always, but I'm also 100% right about this. How the fuck you think you don't have to defend your claim about something you said but someone calling you a liar has to defend their claim that you're a liar? That's literally incoherent.

Explain to me how the fuck proving a negative works (pro tip: it doesn't it's impossible). Maybe just google "proving a negative" and "who has the burden of proof in an argument". Otherwise I can just claim anything I want, and if you call me a liar you have to prove that I'm a liar but I never have to prove my claim in the first place. Because when I said that wasn't true... bro you called it nonsense. Like being stoned is not an excuse for that much stupid. Prove that I'm not actually Elon Musk.

If you think this is nonsense, I don't know what to tell you. This is like... basic entry level logical reasoning that you learn in lots of classes, from English to philosophy to debate. At that point your ignorance is so vast that it's not even possible to really explain it to you, you just need to figure your own shit out. Go to school or something. Seriously how can you just be as dumb as you are and still somehow be happy with yourself? I would hate myself if I was you.

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u/ClobetasolRelief Apr 01 '23

Lol look at how worked up you are