• @galloog1@lemmy.world
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    11 year ago

    If you are a scientist then I’ll ask you to consider two things. How often do people talk to you about your expertise and get it wrong and how does that make you feel? Imagine if it’s an ethical issue.

    Occam’s razor is how you handle what you see without sufficient evidence. What we are seeing is exactly what I would expect to see with a professional army taking two cities defended by 40,000 trained defenders with years to prepare. This includes the information space. Why would you think differently?

    • @crapwittyname@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I don’t expect to see anything, that’s the point. That causes bias in your thinking. The evidence I have seen fulfils the criteria for war crimes, as I pointed out in my bullet-point list above. I accept that there can be excuses for these actions, but only when there is sufficient evidence to prove the extraordinary case. Now, we have seen the evidence that Israel has done these things, but we haven’t seen the evidence that there are extraordinary factors. Occam’s Razor requires that the explanation for an effect should contain as few agents as possible when considering the unknown causes. Adding in a tunnel network, or a Hamas base where there is no evidence for one is in violation of Occam’s Razor. The simple explanation is that Israel is being indiscriminate in its attacks. As supporting factors, Israel has attacked indiscriminately and illegally in the past, and Israel has lied to the international media and community in the past.

      When people ask me about my expertise I get excited that I get to talk about it. If someone were to refuse to believe me I would find it funny.

      • @galloog1@lemmy.world
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        11 year ago

        The tunnels are extremely well documented. Absence of solid evidence for an underground base would actually support the approach that Israel took. Otherwise they would simply bomb it. This is consistent with current doctrine and so evidence in support of their approach.

        How do you feel about people who are ideologically opposed to your field and also ignorant?

        • @crapwittyname@lemmy.ml
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          11 year ago

          The tunnels are not well documented enough for, say, a map of them, are they? We don’t know if there is a tunnel under x or y building that has been flattened. So that’s not sufficient evidence.

          Like I said, I think they’re funny.