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To: combjelly who wrote (588572)	10/14/2010 3:00:31 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1573430

Its true whether or not they are old ideas. An idea being old, doesn't even suggest that its correct, let alone amount to solid evidence that its correct. And why these ideas are old, so are very different ideas about multipliers, so even if for some bizarre reason the idea being old, did reverse the normal burden of proof, that would apply to people believing in multipliers of 1 or less than one, or even zero, or negative multipliers. Someone asserting the multiplier is "high", or that it is "low" faces the same burden of proof. Not that we should assume either point is wrong because it can't be proven (that would be the argument from ignorance), but neither claim has a privileged default position of being what should be accepted if we can not prove otherwise. If you think the ideas of 1.5+ multipliers are correct, make your case, or link to other people making the case, either of which would be more useful than your burden of proof games.