"There is no empirical evidence against my position" is not an argument for it.

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• A conclusion cannot rest on its simplicity alone; it must be backed by empirical evidence. SPShane Parrish28 Oct 2019
• If a scientific controversy exists, there is credible evidence; saying there is none misreads the evidence or defines credible as agreeing with you. GTGary Taubes8 Feb 2026
• Induction from experiments demonstrates nothing, but it is the best way of arguing that nature allows INIsaac Newtonc. 1704–1718
• A priori arguments on empirical matters, such as that AI will certainly kill everyone, are usually wrong however convincing they seem. NQNabeel S. Qureshiby 27 Dec 2023
• I frame no hypotheses about the cause of gravity: whatever is not deduced from the phenomena is a hypothesis INIsaac Newtonc. 1713–1726

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