Posts by dmitryro@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #AXdF8BTO1TCfqHwkU4 by dmitryro@mastodon.social
       2023-07-12T17:33:08Z
       
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       @minogully Evidence means replicability, testability, experimental outcomes that consistently approve the hypothesis made. Like throwing a stone that lands on the floor no matter what. Facts - information that proves itself by being testable.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXdF8Cl9Ev0NpfGRo8 by dmitryro@mastodon.social
       2023-07-12T18:11:10Z
       
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       @minogully No, witness and testimony can't be considered as serious evidence. It has to be criminalist and neurologist who would actually extract some credibility from testimony as well as lie detector, but generally it's too soft to amount to evidence and too easy to fabricate. Verbal witness is not enough for being evidence, and the fact that legal system uses it says how many errors they make when they sentence somebody to do time.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXdF8ECTsmSmIj3n3A by dmitryro@mastodon.social
       2023-07-12T18:38:39Z
       
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       @minogully Fact is what you observe, not what you hear.You observe when it is testable with experiment and produces observable results. Oral testimony can't be sufficient in every case, be it scientist or not.Many claim they are scientists while they are con artists, and some indeed are while not behaving in a convincing way or not using tools and methodologies that would help them to build strong case. 300 years ago priests were considered scientists. Today the term "scientist" is still loaded.