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Topic: Double standard?
Posted by: John Whitworth
Date/Time: 06/08/15 10:33:00

MB > "... provide credible evidence, showing precisely what happened to MH370 and the cause, and why Boeing, Rolls Royce, satellites, black boxes, mobile phones etc. were unable to help locate it  ..."

Brings this to mind:

"But conspiracy theorists always apply a double standard, in at least three ways. One is the burden of proof: the 'official story' is automatically suspect while the conspiracy theory merely has [to] achieve a 'not-impossible' status in order to supposedly be taken seriously. Another is in the depth and scope required for the theory: the 'official story' has to account for every bit of evidence in order to be believed, but a conspiracy theory is allowed to exist in a general handwaving form that explains nothing. Finally, the smallest unaccounted detail manages to doom the 'official story,' but no [amount] of failed details, big or small, ever dooms a conspiracy theory because its proponent simply invents more speculation to account for it."

-- JayUtah at the International Skeptics Forum

[typos corrected]

At the moment, the 'official story' regarding MH370 is essentially: "we don't know".


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                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37006/08/15 10:11:00 Michael Brown
               Double standard?06/08/15 10:33:00 John Whitworth
                  Re:Double standard?06/08/15 10:55:00 Michael Brown
                     Re:Re:Double standard?06/08/15 11:01:00 Michael Brown
                        Re:Re:Re:Double standard?06/08/15 12:59:00 Anne England
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Double standard?06/08/15 13:35:00 Michael Brown
                     Re:Double standard?07/08/15 10:18:00 John Whitworth
                        Re:Re:Double standard?07/08/15 12:28:00 Michael Brown
                           Re:Re:Re:Double standard?07/08/15 13:08:00 Richard Greenhough
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37006/08/15 17:48:00 Dave Robertson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37006/08/15 22:04:00 Michael Brown
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37006/08/15 22:19:00 Dave Robertson
   Re:Flight MH37007/08/15 13:23:00 Adrian Irving
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            Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37007/08/15 17:18:00 Michael Brown
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37007/08/15 17:40:00 Dave Robertson
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                           Re:MCB News10/08/15 16:37:00 Richard Greenhough
                              Gintrough Spews10/08/15 16:43:00 Michael Brown
                                 Re:MCB News10/08/15 17:00:00 Richard Greenhough
                                    Gintrough Spews10/08/15 17:05:00 Michael Brown
                                       Re:MCB News10/08/15 17:26:00 Richard Greenhough
                                          Gintrough Spews10/08/15 17:31:00 Michael Brown
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                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37010/08/15 17:34:00 Michael Brown
                                 Re:MCB News10/08/15 17:37:00 Richard Greenhough
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37010/08/15 20:35:00 Richard Cathcart
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                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37010/08/15 17:57:00 Dave Robertson
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                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37010/08/15 18:55:00 Dave Robertson
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                           100% Wrong10/08/15 19:27:00 John Whitworth
                              Re:100% Wrong10/08/15 19:39:00 Michael Brown
                                 Re:Re:100% Wrong10/08/15 20:10:00 Michael Brown
                                    Re:Re:Re:100% Wrong11/08/15 08:45:00 Will Watson
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:100% Wrong11/08/15 09:27:00 Michael Brown
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:100% Wrong11/08/15 10:06:00 Will Watson
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:100% Wrong11/08/15 10:43:00 Richard Greenhough
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:100% Wrong11/08/15 11:12:00 Michael Brown
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:100% Wrong11/08/15 11:48:00 Richard Greenhough
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37007/08/15 20:34:00 Dave Robertson
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37007/08/15 21:36:00 Michael Brown
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37008/08/15 08:44:00 Dave Robertson
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flight MH37009/08/15 11:19:00 Michael Brown
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                                    Re:MCB News09/08/15 14:30:00 Richard Greenhough
                                       Gintrough spews09/08/15 14:33:00 Michael Brown
                                          Re:MCB News09/08/15 14:46:00 Richard Greenhough
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                                 Credible evidence!09/08/15 14:47:00 John Whitworth
                                    Re:Credible evidence!09/08/15 14:57:00 Michael Brown
                                       Re:MCB News09/08/15 15:14:00 Richard Greenhough
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                                             Re:MCB News09/08/15 18:21:00 Richard Greenhough
                                                Gintrough spews09/08/15 23:44:00 Michael Brown
                                                   Re:MCB News10/08/15 09:17:00 Richard Greenhough
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