[ I don’t follow either participant closely enough to have a strong opinion on the disagreement, aside from noting that the disagreement seems to use a lot of words, and not a lot of effort to distill their own positions toward a crux, as opposed to attacking/defending. ]
on the whole, people are more likely to say true things than false things
In the case of contentious or adversarial discussions, people say incorrect and misleading things . “more likely true than false” is a uselessly low bar for seeking any truth or basing any decisions on.
[ I don’t follow either participant closely enough to have a strong opinion on the disagreement, aside from noting that the disagreement seems to use a lot of words, and not a lot of effort to distill their own positions toward a crux, as opposed to attacking/defending. ]
In the case of contentious or adversarial discussions, people say incorrect and misleading things . “more likely true than false” is a uselessly low bar for seeking any truth or basing any decisions on.