Challenging Article Claims

Commenters repeatedly demand evidence, citations, or specific refutations for claims made in linked articles or by others, accusing responses of being unsubstantiated or contradictory.

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Sample Comments

tipiirai • Oct 23, 2023 • View on HN

Author here. Please specify a falsy claim on the article and we can talk about it.

bjourne • Sep 2, 2023 • View on HN

Can you explain which of the article's claims you believe are unsubstantiated?

quasarj • Dec 23, 2019 • View on HN

The linked article made this claim, so it's perfectly fine to debunk it here.

jtbayly • Sep 22, 2023 • View on HN

You've claimed this a lot, but the article says the opposite, and you've not addressed that.

redserk • Aug 11, 2024 • View on HN

That's nowhere close to what the article is claiming, can you cite anything backing this assertion?

marton78 • Oct 23, 2019 • View on HN

This is quite an unsubstantiated claim in response to a detailed article. Care to elaborate?

cpncrunch • May 24, 2018 • View on HN

The article made a claim. Im pointing out that it doesnt fit the given data.

Jabrov • Jun 13, 2024 • View on HN

Because you're making a baseless claim that contradicts the linked article with nothing to back it up

adastra22 • Oct 9, 2024 • View on HN

That article doesn't back up your claim.

nickff • Dec 5, 2013 • View on HN

You are correct to point out that the article poses a counter-factual which is unsupported by the evidence.