A common phrase in skeptical thinking is great claims require great evidence.
You are claiming specific people in power committed specific crimes. You need strong evidence to back that up. The fact that other people in power committed that same crime has no relevance to the specific people you are accusing.
You can't say Kareem Abdul Jabbar killed his wife because OJ killed his wife.
Are you an academic by chance? I'm not judging. It's just that there is a high level of conformation bias amongst academics in my experience. Im assuming youre accusing the op of accusing when article posted lacks accusations!?! "While Pizzagate itself may not be a provable idea, to dismiss it like it is impossible is simply irresponsible — especially given the history of people in authority in this country." It then goes on to list ACTUAL CASES.
A list of actual cases that happened before is not evidence in this case. It's mental shortcut. It's a bias....from Wikipedia.
Confirmation bias, also called confirmatory bias or myside bias, is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities. It is a type of cognitive bias and a systematic error of inductive reasoning. People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for emotionally charged issues and for deeply entrenched beliefs. People also tend to interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing position.
Did I say there weren't people from within seeking justice? That old cliché knowledge is power is applicable and can be extended to the proven instances in the article posted in that the people who reached those influential positions wouldn't be there if they were unaware of dirt on others and vice versa. The current position of alphabet agencies within society only proves this further. It suggests to me a level of either complicity or flat out involvement that if were to be denied, would be naïve. This issue is systemic, if you work within the system I believe you are only as powerful as those who back you but have also the option of blackmailing you. It's a security measure among other things.
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AreWeSure ago
A common phrase in skeptical thinking is great claims require great evidence.
You are claiming specific people in power committed specific crimes. You need strong evidence to back that up. The fact that other people in power committed that same crime has no relevance to the specific people you are accusing.
You can't say Kareem Abdul Jabbar killed his wife because OJ killed his wife.
postfascion ago
Are you an academic by chance? I'm not judging. It's just that there is a high level of conformation bias amongst academics in my experience. Im assuming youre accusing the op of accusing when article posted lacks accusations!?! "While Pizzagate itself may not be a provable idea, to dismiss it like it is impossible is simply irresponsible — especially given the history of people in authority in this country." It then goes on to list ACTUAL CASES.
AreWeSure ago
No.
It's actually because this is actually an example of Confirmation Bias Proven Pedophilia Disgustingly Widespread Among Those In Power
You know what you can also easily create? A big list of those in power fighting Pedophilia.
A list of actual cases that happened before is not evidence in this case. It's mental shortcut. It's a bias....from Wikipedia.
postfascion ago
Did I say there weren't people from within seeking justice? That old cliché knowledge is power is applicable and can be extended to the proven instances in the article posted in that the people who reached those influential positions wouldn't be there if they were unaware of dirt on others and vice versa. The current position of alphabet agencies within society only proves this further. It suggests to me a level of either complicity or flat out involvement that if were to be denied, would be naïve. This issue is systemic, if you work within the system I believe you are only as powerful as those who back you but have also the option of blackmailing you. It's a security measure among other things.