Scientific Definition
Asking the other side to disprove an unsupported claim.
Plain-English Definition
Asking the other side to disprove an unsupported claim.
Feynman Explanation
Prove I'm wrong. (No, that's not how this works.)
Core Principle
Asking the other side to disprove an unsupported claim.
Mechanisms
Asking the other side to disprove an unsupported claim.
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Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
Prove I'm wrong. (No, that's not how this works.)
Examples
- 'You can't prove the AI is unsafe' as justification for shipping.
- Risk programs collapse when burden gets flipped.
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Famous Experiments
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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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Interactive Mini Network
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Knowledge Graph Neighbors
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Attacking the person rather than the argument.
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.
Claiming something is true because it hasn't been proven false (or vice versa).
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.
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.
Concluding that because an argument contained a fallacy, its conclusion must be false.