Profound Sayings That Are Junk

Profound Sayings That Are Junk Feb 5, 2020 17:15:54 GMT Sarge likes this

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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2020 17:15:54 GMT

Feb 5, 2020 8:41:28 GMT dividavi said:

Here are examples of adages that you've heard in one form or other and which are declared to be irrefutable truth - when they're not.

1. Absence Of Evidence Is Not Evidence Of Absence

Absence of evidence is evidence of absence only in situation where evidence would be expected. And in the example you cite, this is not the case.

3. Evolution and abiogenesis are completely different things - No they're not

Yes, they really are. And your example does nothing to challenge that.

4. If women ran the world there would be no wars - Experience says otherwise. Margaret Thatcher didn't hesitate to make war on Argentina.

Whilst I disagree with the statement, the example you give is irrelevant. The claim is not that no woman would ever start or participate in a war, but that wars would not occur if women ruled the world. In 1982 women did not rule the world, so what Margaret Thatcher did in that context isn't relevant.