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In reply to the discussion: I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT trump is going to lose in November. [View all]qazplm135
(7,447 posts)132. peer review
is looking at something to see if the evidence is SUFFICIENT to support the stated claim.
It's literally looking at, have you proved this thing you say is true.
It is NOT looking at, have you disproved something.
So, when I say light is carried by invisible unicorns, peer review asks, what's your evidence, and then evaluates that evidence against that claim.
What it does not do, is say, I know you say you have proven light is carried by photons, but you haven't disproven it couldn't be carried by invisible unicorns instead.
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Not you, I was directing this at the belittling comes about lotter numbers, so dumb
Dream Girl
Jun 2020
#39
You obviously have never experienced is hence you desire to explain it away. I once had a reading
Dream Girl
Jun 2020
#66
This psychic was well known, I think she may have done police work. It was so amazingly accurate
Dream Girl
Jun 2020
#74
and if it had gone the other way they would have been right - putting you at 0 for 1
Ms. Toad
Jun 2020
#55
Completely irrelevant as to whether you have to prove a positive or a negative. n/t
Ms. Toad
Jun 2020
#177
For some time now, I have been imagining the dance I will do when Trump loses on Nov 3
MissMillie
Jun 2020
#45
Because there's no such thing as ESP or any other type of magic you claim to have
Polybius
Jun 2020
#218
Just as long as you still vote and work hard to get rid of that guy, and...
Amy-Strange
Jun 2020
#105
I'm not American, but I've been watching overseas as America descends into darkness.
tman
Jun 2020
#109
Amy-Strange .YOU HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE, i PREDEICTED THE SAME..ON APRIL 11, at this link:
Stuart G
Jun 2020
#139