Timeline for Is argument that two theories are equally valid because I am not an expert "argument ad ignoratum"
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| May 13, 2014 at 13:17 | comment | added | supercat | A related notion is that lying does not require affirmative knowledge that a claim is actually false. Someone who claims that "The Foo is Wizzle" is really saying "I have knowledge that shows that the Foo is Wizzle"; if the person has no such knowledge, the statement is a lie, even if the Foo happens to be Wizzle. For example, someone who draws two random cards and claims without looking that they are the Spade Ace and Diamond Jack is lying. There's a roughly-one-in-1300 chance that they did in fact draw those cards, but they have no basis for claiming that they know that. | |
| Dec 5, 2013 at 19:52 | comment | added | user3164 | Related: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_indifference | |
| Dec 5, 2013 at 19:41 | history | answered | Michael | CC BY-SA 3.0 |