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Make the opposite of your claim with an alt account. Then challenge it for evidence. Now your position wins by default.



Just because 1 side doesn't provide evidence doesn't mean the other side is correct. If neither side provides evidence then neither side is necessarily correct.

And in the absence of evidence, generally the simplest (common sense) explanation should be presumed most likely (Hanlon's Razor).


I think this is the part that ain't nobody for time for


If nobody's going to answer you, your position wins regardless.


To prevent a position from winning by default it only requires a very simple reply: ask for evidence.




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