Ah, I was using a more colloquial definition of evidence, not a technical one. I misspoke.
What goes through my mind here is, “Trolls spend a lot of time and energy making comments like this one too, and don’t stay silent when they could, so I’m not at all convinced that those points are more consistent with a world where they’re truth-seeking than they are with a world in which they’re just trolling.”
I still think that’s basically true. So to me those points seem irrelevant.
I think what I mean is something more like, “Unless and until I see enough evidence to convince me otherwise….” I’ll go back and edit for that correction.
Evidence: time and energy put into the comment. Evidence: not staying silent when they could have.
I am not saying theee offending comments are valid, instead I am curious as to why you discounted what I identify as evidence?
Ah, I was using a more colloquial definition of evidence, not a technical one. I misspoke.
What goes through my mind here is, “Trolls spend a lot of time and energy making comments like this one too, and don’t stay silent when they could, so I’m not at all convinced that those points are more consistent with a world where they’re truth-seeking than they are with a world in which they’re just trolling.”
I still think that’s basically true. So to me those points seem irrelevant.
I think what I mean is something more like, “Unless and until I see enough evidence to convince me otherwise….” I’ll go back and edit for that correction.