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View submission: Which side shoulders the burden of proof?
Okay so if I can steel man your position, you are claiming anybody that makes an assertion, that is not offered as an opinion, shoulders the burden of proof to justify that assertion. In other words there are no justifiable default positions.
Comment by Powerful-Garage6316 at 03/09/2024 at 12:01 UTC
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Generally yes
Although practically speaking, there are default positions about certain topics. For instance, if we’re talking about an uncontroversial scientific fact like the germ theory of disease, it would be the burden of the skeptic to prove his alternate hypothesis.
Free will is totally controversial