Demanding Proof for Claims

Commenters challenge statements by repeatedly asking for proof, evidence, or sources to back them up. Discussions revolve around skepticism and the need for verification in debates.

πŸ“‰ Falling 0.5x Other
2,879
Comments
20
Years Active
5
Top Authors
#8794
Topic ID

Activity Over Time

2007
4
2008
20
2009
31
2010
48
2011
66
2012
86
2013
124
2014
98
2015
106
2016
147
2017
192
2018
165
2019
191
2020
208
2021
251
2022
302
2023
317
2024
218
2025
281
2026
26

Keywords

proof prove proven confirmation sleep night diverge case isn proven wrong posit witch

Sample Comments

whamlastxmas β€’ Jun 13, 2019 β€’ View on HN

Where's the proof of this?

ppeetteerr β€’ Aug 18, 2022 β€’ View on HN

Can you back that with some proof?

soreq β€’ Jun 20, 2017 β€’ View on HN

sometimes, you just gotta prove it.

tpoacher β€’ Jan 14, 2021 β€’ View on HN

What's this supposed to prove?

appletrotter β€’ Jan 20, 2022 β€’ View on HN

Makes sense, but can you prove it?

nopit β€’ Apr 30, 2017 β€’ View on HN

Surely you can come up with some proof then

AlbertCory β€’ Dec 25, 2023 β€’ View on HN

What do you think you're proving here?

zabana β€’ Apr 3, 2020 β€’ View on HN

Would you mind providing proof ?

MichaelZuo β€’ Sep 14, 2021 β€’ View on HN

That is quite the claim, do you have proof?

kolinko β€’ Jun 22, 2024 β€’ View on HN

I wonder what’s the proof there