No, I just assume that a thousand people have already driven that route and Google maps makes adjustments based on their times and topographical spy plane data it collects. But yeah, I am skeptical of scientific claims. When NASA comes out with a story about how it rains diamonds on some faraway planet in another galaxy, I dismiss it as unknowable.
In my experience, no one who talks about “it’s easy; you can measure x for yourself” on the internet has ever backed up their claims with proof that they themselves have made said measurement or performed said experiment.
In my experience, no one who talks about “it’s easy; you can measure x for yourself” on the internet has ever backed up their claims with proof that they themselves have made said measurement or performed said experiment.
In terms of rigorous debate, they don't need to. If someone disputes a theory, hypothesis, observation, or anything else, the burden lies with them. If your argument is that the distance to the Moon is not 237,000 miles, you've got to tell us what the distance is and how you measured it. If you don't dispute it, there's nothing to talk about.
LMAO. The burden of proof is on the one making the claim. The more extraordinary the claim, the more proof required.
What proof has not been provided, specifically? When provided with references you say, "they're lying." That's when it's you're turn to provide the evidence. Rational debate does not work by one party refusing to acknowledge any evidence.
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