Comment by satvikpendem

2 months ago

Nope, appeal to obviousness is not a sound argument. There are many things people thought were obvious that were wrong.

It wasn't an argument. There isn't much point in going to a lot of trouble to make an argument to someone so clearly determined to ignore the truth. It is nevertheless true.

  • Just saying something is true doesn't make it so. Truth requires justification, and if you can't provide that, then there's no reason to believe it's true. For someone making a claim, the onus is on them to provide evidence.

    Otherwise I'll just say I'm right and you're wrong, after all, that's what you're saying.