Comment on Fewer People 55-And-Over Choose To Work. But Why?
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 4 days agoIt’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.
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Is ageism not a falsifiable theory? Enlighten me with your scientific wisdom.
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?
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.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 4 days ago
Again, in this scenario you are making a claim. I am not making the claim that ageism does not exist. You are claiming it is the reason for your unemployment. My rebuttal is that the available data surrounding unemployment does not substantiate that.
If I claimed ageism does not exist, it would be a falsifiable statement. You could give any example of ageism. However if I claimed ageism exists, it just isn’t why you can’t find a job, how would we test falsibility? How could I observe the reason why you are unemployed?
I think you are forgetting who originally made a claim?