Peter Gleick on Nostr: This from RFKJr's CDC is the classic "burden of proof fallacy" and a gross abuse of ...
This from RFKJr's CDC is the classic "burden of proof fallacy" and a gross abuse of science.
In science (and law) the burden of proof rests on the person making a positive claim ("vaccines cause autism") to provide supporting evidence, NOT the job of the opposition to disprove it.
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