There seems to be (at least) two approaches: 1. Accepting and debating claims at face value, falsifying via evidence 2. Tracing the memetic lineage of claims, pointing out flaws of the source as refutation of the claims.
I’m not convinced which approach is superior. It seems like once you’ve done #1, claims deriving from #1 can be attacked via #2.
But my training is to always use #1, which is more laborious but I think more rigorous.
There seems to be (at least) two approaches:
1. Accepting and debating claims at face value, falsifying via evidence
2. Tracing the memetic lineage of claims, pointing out flaws of the source as refutation of the claims.
I’m not convinced which approach is superior. It seems like once you’ve done #1, claims deriving from #1 can be attacked via #2.
But my training is to always use #1, which is more laborious but I think more rigorous.