For those curious, it came out in 1964. One of the clues that it wasn’t made before the 1950s is that it is made of plastic.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_'Em_Sock_'Em_Robots

dig a little deeper beyond what gets radio play and you can find some good shit.

Don’t leave us hanging! What are your suggestions?

Believing claims on the grounds that they haven’t been disproven is just bad epistemology

Well, it’s a good thing that wasn’t my position.

If you’re claiming my fridge has no tiny invisible pink elephants you are welcome to provide evidence.

I will make no claims on the matter and thus have to provide no evidence either way.

Edit: I think you’re confusing me for the other guy.

“There is enough evidence to be confident there aren’t structural problems” is what they’re really saying.

Bro, the graphite is not there. Everything is completely normal.

Negative claims require evidence.

Otherwise a safety engineer can go to a regulator and say “There are no structural issues with this building.” He is claiming there are no issues, he needs to back that up with evidence.

Your Jedi mind tricks won’t work on me. 😜

No, you can’t prove that something never happens or that something doesn’t exist.

Science, philosophy, and mathematics say otherwise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)#Proving_a_negative

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_impossibility

I wasn’t arguing for the existence of god.

Let me break this down:

• “There is a god.” --> Burden of proof
• “There is no god.” --> Burden of proof
• “Hey, man. I don’t know.” —> No burden of proof

that’s not how evidence and proof works.

Proof of a negative is common in science and mathematics.

No, you can’t prove that something never happens or that something doesn’t exist.

Edit: For those who are downvoting here are some sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)#Proving_a_negative

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_impossibility

No. A negative can be proven. It’s done all the time in science and mathematics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)#Proving_a_negative

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_impossibility

You have made the assertion, thus you have the burden of proof.

“what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence” QED

Careful, many online atheists don’t understand that they have to prove a negative. That they have to prove the assertion: “There is no god.”

The default position is that there is yet insufficient evidence to draw a conclusion.

Edit: Thank you for the downvotes, you have provided me with further evidence that online atheists don’t understand that they have to prove a negative. Your butthurt fuels me.

Is the easter egg

Also, look what I found.

Focus on being trustworthy more than your performance.

I recently saw a video from Simon Sinek that helped me understand what is valued in a team member. It’s only 2 and a half minutes long, give it a watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTo9e3ILmms

Give it time.

most places in the country have good tap water

Except when it doesn’t.

https://www.dia.govt.nz/Government-Inquiry-into-Havelock-North-Drinking-Water

But it’s rare. This example comes from 8 years ago.

I doubt that they were intentionally reckless … probably just stupid and careless

Being stupid and careless while manning heavy machinery (car) is about at reckless as it gets.

If you don’t sue, you are teaching them that what happened is okay and to keep doing it.

What if they hit a child next? A puppy?

I don’t think it’s a pun. It’s an actual person.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Fowler_(software_engineer)

I don’t get:

Reed Hucks (“Redics”? What does that mean?)

Ann Vars

Heather Net

It’ll be done soon, then I can go home. TGIF, am I right?