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In reply to the discussion: Luxury skyscraper hotel completely engulfed by fire in Grozny, Chechnya (VIDEO, PHOTOS) [View all]TrogL
(32,828 posts)A crucial piece of evidence is often NOT how it looks. That's how you get false convictions. Until you have absolutely eliminated absolutely everything else that it could be - then it's evidence.
That is the core of avoiding the Undivided Middle logical fallacy. Hell, even Sherlock Holmes said it - "Once you have eliminated everything else, what is left must be true". That's what I'm doing - proposing the "everything else".
You're doing the exact opposite, proposing one thing, and discounting everything else because it doesn't meet your pet theory. You're doing it, unscrupulous prosecutors do it, conspiracy authors do it. For a really good example, if you can still find a copy, read Holy Blood, Holy Grail or anything else by those authors.
Again, I don't need to produce evidence, I merely need to show yours isn't exclusive. I'll start up another thread on how you DO run a proper conspiracy theory. Couldn't find a good spot so it's the post responding to this one.