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To: Fatalis
No, I know enough about fallacies to be aware that it's your obligation to prove him right.

Thanks for that excellent example of your inability to distinguish a fallacy from the burden of proof. It's easy to see why evolution is collapsing.

278 posted on 12/10/2004 12:29:58 PM PST by Dataman
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To: Dataman
Thanks for that excellent example of your inability to distinguish a fallacy from the burden of proof. It's easy to see why evolution is collapsing.

LOL! Is it?

Shifting the burden of proof is a fallacy.

Fallacy: Shifting the Burden of Proof

In easily verifiable claims, the person initiating the claim normally assumes the burden of proof. Not doing so, however, should probably not be considered a fallacy. The fallacy occurs whenever someone shifts the burden of proof to avoid the difficulty of substantiating a claim which would be very difficult to support.

If you propose a linguistic rule, or anything else under the Sun, the burden of proof is on you to demonstrate it. When you attempted to shift your burden onto me, you committed a very common fallacy.

If you're not convinced that you have, or that shifting the burden of proof is a well known fallacy, here are about 17,000 other sources.

287 posted on 12/10/2004 1:05:44 PM PST by Fatalis
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