Comment on Fewer People 55-And-Over Choose To Work. But Why?

• MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  stop engging. he’s not interested in it. he is just arguing to get a rise. we have dropped enough evidence here for other people to see the truth if they care to look.

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  • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If I’d stopped there we wouldn’t have gotten to this delicious ending:

    Ah yes, Prove something doesnt exist. I’ll do that right after I prove God doesn’t exist…that’s not how science works my guy.

    I can not prove God does not exist, therefore I can not prove ageism does not exist. QED, motherfucker!

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    • MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Well done. Let’s see if it shuts him up.

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• TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s enough of an issue that there’s a law against it and a lot of people say it happens.

  A law that was passed in 1967… When the largest voting block in history was starting to reach the age they wanted to protect.

  I don’t doubt that it happens, I’m sure older people face a lot of challenges in the work place. I just don’t think that the data we currently have substantiates the claim that they are less hireable. Even if there was evidence to support that it would be hard to prove if they were discriminated against because of their actual age, or if it is because companies want to exploit young workers for less pay than a more experienced candidate would require.

  researchers, legislators and job seekers to say that ageism exists

  Or… There are biases and alterior motivations that lead them to make those claims.

  suggest if you are going to go against the prevailing winds of evidence, you find some studies that shows that age discrimination in employment does NOT exist.

  Ah yes, Prove something doesnt exist. I’ll do that right after I prove God doesn’t exist…that’s not how science works my guy.

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  • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Is ageism not a falsifiable theory? Enlighten me with your scientific wisdom.

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    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The burden of evidence belongs to the person making a claim. I cannot provide evidence to prove a negative. If you are claiming ageism exists and is the actual reason you cannot find a job then you must provide the evidence to support that claim.

      If I disagree with it, then I would offer an argument challenging the strength of that evidence, just how I’ve already done.

      Say you went fishing and caught a new type of fish never before seen by humans. How would I provide proof you did not?

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      • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Read up on falsifiability:

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability

        Then read up on Russell’s Teapot:

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell's_teapot

        I think you’re repeating things you don’t understand yet.

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