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.