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Does testimony count as evidence?
#poll
Yes
No
Only when it agrees with me
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Anonymous 3w

Yes but only if verifiably true beyond a reasonable doubt

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Anonymous 3w

i am so deeply fucking tired of seeing polls that are clearly written to force a result

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

what about “when it’s backed up by evidence”? where’s that option? or are we simply Ignoring the fact that testimony never exists in a vaccuum to make a point about the unreliability of human memory?

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Anonymous 3w

I mean, “only if it agrees with me” ALSO very clearly makes the answer “no,” (evidence reliability is subjective in that case) but you had no problem adding that option

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

Because that makes the answer “no” If testimony is only evidence if it is backed up by evidence, then it is not itself evidence.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

not typing it again

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

I was responding to your first post

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