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by Timon3 1104 days ago
Why did you not ask GP for an example, and instead declared it impossible, if you do not have the required statistics?
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because thats not the way debate works. you dont get to make a(n absurd) claim and then demand the other person disprove it with data across 100% of the spectrum.
I didn't say that this is how debates work. How they should work however:

> A: [some statement]

> B: I don't think that is the case. Could you share an example?

> A: [example]

See where nobody had to disprove anything with data across 100% of the spectrum? That's because nobody made the claim that A is wrong. You however made an absolute claim, so you have to provide the data for it.