19th July 2007, 5:03 PM
It's up to the person making a claim to back it up, not the person hearing all claims from all the strange peoples of the world to work through each and every one and prove or disprove them all in turn. And, that latter example shows exactly WHY that's the case. I mean that's basic rules of argument right there. There's no denying it, it's how it works. It's called "burden of proof".
That said, what a weird game.
That said, what a weird game.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)