Comment on Open Thread, April 27-May 4, 2014

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:16:06 GMT

"Burden of proof" is also formally assigned under judicial frameworks. "Presumed innocent until proven guilty" and "beyond reasonable doubt" are examples of such assignations.

Outside of a legal context, I tend to assume that if someone in a discussion has made an appeal to "burden of proof", that discussion is probably not a fruitful one.

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