BTW, if you can refute it and get published there is a $100k prize waiting!
Just so you know, whenever I hear that there’s prize money for refuting a conspiracy theory, I immediately lower my probability that the conspiracy theory is true. I’ve encountered numerous such prizes from conspiracy theories in the past, and the general pattern I have seen is that the prize is being offered disingenuously, since the person offering it will never concede. I’ve (perhaps unconsciously) labeled anyone unaware of this pattern as either (1) purposely disingenuous, or (2) not very smart about convincing people of true things. Both (1) and (2) are evidence of a failure in their reasoning (but obviously this argument isn’t airtight).
The prize is for refuting the findings of the university paper not a conspiracy theory. And the prize is not offered by the university but a third party. There are lesser prizes for refuting a finding but not being published. I will go ahead and assume you haven’t read the paper yet.
Just so you know, whenever I hear that there’s prize money for refuting a conspiracy theory, I immediately lower my probability that the conspiracy theory is true. I’ve encountered numerous such prizes from conspiracy theories in the past, and the general pattern I have seen is that the prize is being offered disingenuously, since the person offering it will never concede. I’ve (perhaps unconsciously) labeled anyone unaware of this pattern as either (1) purposely disingenuous, or (2) not very smart about convincing people of true things. Both (1) and (2) are evidence of a failure in their reasoning (but obviously this argument isn’t airtight).
The prize is for refuting the findings of the university paper not a conspiracy theory. And the prize is not offered by the university but a third party. There are lesser prizes for refuting a finding but not being published. I will go ahead and assume you haven’t read the paper yet.
I haven’t read the paper, you’re right. I didn’t mean my own comment as a counterargument.