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[…] I’m not going to play along with bad faith questioning of common knowledge.

Leaving aside the "bad faith questioning" component, how would you handle requests for proof of what you are calling "common knowledge" in general?

If I tell him the sky is blue, and he asked for a source, am I obligated to provide that as well? […]

Imo, while not exactly proper science, a quick source for such a claim could be a simple color photo of the sky.

Seeing a lot of bots defend Wikipedia the past couple months. […]

How are you determining that they are bots? Would you, by chance, have any examples?

This person thinks that Ukraine invaded Russia, FYI.

[…] that doesn’t make them wrong […]

Nice catch of their strawman 😉

[…] I would also love to see a better place for keeping news outlets accountable for their bad publishing actions. […]

It's not immediately clear to me what you mean. Are you referring to increased transparency when a news outlet makes a mistake? Are you referring to legal action? Are you referring to something else?

[…] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources […]

Thank you for sharing that link! 😊

News outlets are generally graded by their historical reputabilitiy. […]

While that's good data to have, I think that any claims should be immediately verifiable. I think it's a disservice to the truth and public discourse to rely on appeals to authority for trust in one's published news. Imo, an argument is either sound or unsound — an atomic claim is either accurate or inaccurate.

When reading hard news from an outlet that actually hires journalists I consider that to be the source. […]

For clarity, do you mean that you don't care if they cite their claims?

[…] The last few years have been basically “get it written, get it out the door and fact check later if time allows”. […]

If true, that's terrible, imo. Anecdotally, it would explain a great deal.

[…] no definition on the context of economics.

Do you mean that, in your opinion, it has definitions in other contexts? If so, what would it be, and what would the contexts be?

[…] It’s a nonsensical economical theory, with no definition on the context of economics.

Hrm, if it has no definition in the context of economics, how could you know argue that, by its definition, it is a nonsensical economic theory? That seems to fail modus ponens.

[…] I don’t think that’s necessarily true, because 1. a lot of the vocabulary is just…not English anymore. […] Comprehending the play by reading the dialog alone is difficult because the context is missing. […]

I think you may be missing the point that I was trying to make. I agree with your opinion that think Shakespeare can be difficult to read, but, regardless of that, trying to comprehend it is still trying to comprehend it. If one is practicing their reading comprehension, no matter the difficulty of the material, imo it could still be said that they are improving their comprehension. Now, it could be that there is material that is more efficient at improving one's reading comprehension ability than Shakespeare, but I think that's a separate argument.

Make English 4 if not English 3 electives rather than required. Replace them with a semester of […] how to safely refrigerate chicken

Imo, this is something that can be taught in a basic foods/cooking class, or a home economics class (which has at least been taught in the past ^[1] — I haven't found any current data).

Make English 4 if not English 3 electives rather than required. Replace them with a semester of […] fire safety […]

I disagree that this should be in some form of course. I think that this can be taught in a short afternoon visit by a fire department — it may even be already.

Make English 4 if not English 3 electives rather than required. Replace them with a semester of driver’s ed […]

I disagree. Imo, there isn't any point to teaching driving skills to students. Imo, I also don't believe that it would be entirely ethical.

Make English 4 if not English 3 electives rather than required.

For clarity, are you saying that you don't think that it should be mandatory that English, or any of its derivatives, be taught as a course to children?

I think later high school English classes do more to beat any love of reading teenagers have out of them by force feeding them […] obsolete shit […]

How are you defining "obsolete" in this context?

Imo, yes you are!

Err, but each of my comments have been directly addressing things that you've stated in this thread, so wouldn't that logically infer that my comments are related to this thread? Explicitly my logic would be: If comment A directly addresses the content in comment comment B, then A is related to B; each of my comments respectively address the content in each of your comments; therefore, my comments are related to your comments ^[1]. Would you mind outlining exactly isn't related to the thread? Perhaps I missed something.

::: spoiler References

1. "Modus Ponens". Wikipedia. Published: 2024-07-07T05:04Z. Accessed: 2024-12-11T02:36Z. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modus_ponens.
   • §"Explanation". ¶1.

     1. If P, then Q.
     2. P.
     3. Therefore, Q.

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