The real flaw here is that counting arguments is a poor way to make decisions.
“They don’t have the ability to make said meteor strikes” is enough on its own to falsify the hypothesis unless you have evidence to the contrary.
As Einstein said about “100 Authors Against Einstein”, if he was wrong, they would have only needed one.
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The real flaw here is that counting arguments is a poor way to make decisions.
“They don’t have the ability to make said meteor strikes” is enough on its own to falsify the hypothesis unless you have evidence to the contrary.
As Einstein said about “100 Authors Against Einstein”, if he was wrong, they would have only needed one.