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

• 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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    • 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?

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

      I think you are forgetting who originally made a claim?

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      • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Read more, write less.

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