Scientific Definition
Claiming something is true because it hasn't been proven false (or vice versa).
Plain-English Definition
Claiming something is true because it hasn't been proven false (or vice versa).
Feynman Explanation
'We have no evidence of harm.' (Because no one measured.)
Core Principle
Claiming something is true because it hasn't been proven false (or vice versa).
Mechanisms
Claiming something is true because it hasn't been proven false (or vice versa).
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Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
'We have no evidence of harm.' (Because no one measured.)
Examples
- 'No one's complained, so we must be doing fine.'
- Silence misread as endorsement.
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Design Principles
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Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
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It's true because authority says so.
Common sense says so, therefore it's true.
Believing something is true because of the consequences of its truth.
If it's 'natural,' it's good.
It's better because it's newer.
It's right because it's how we've always done it.
Attacking the person rather than the argument.
I can't believe it; therefore it isn't true.
Saying it enough times until it sounds true.
It's true because many believe it.
Asking the other side to disprove an unsupported claim.
Concluding that because an argument contained a fallacy, its conclusion must be false.