Quote:You have his word for it FD
Of course. I do not doubt that he honestly believes what he is saying. It is his competence to make the judement rather than his honesty that I am calling into question.
Quote:which is an example of the direct evidence your so keen on
Taking someone's word for it that they could try to piece together evidence that may end up suppoprting their claim, if they hadn't lost the relevent pieces, is not direct evidence PJ. It is the opposite of direct evidence.
Quote:Before you have be chasing up evidence do you still think stat decs from fishermen are worthless, because they are 'anti-marine park lobbyists' ?
No. I expect they will be worthless in the sense that they won't demonstrate what you think they do. It is inevitable that some people will loose their favourite spots. This is to be expected, regardless of how the GBRMPA handled the situation. So, a couple of fishermen insisting this happened to them doesn't really mean anything, no matter how hard they insist. Recfisher was at least on the right path, though I suspect his evidence (if he could produce it) would have some significant sampling bias, depending on how it was collected. In any case, maybe he did put it together and decided not to post it because it didn't show what he wanted it to.
That being said, it would be great evidence of your tendency to believe what you want to believe and to project it onto the evidence, rather than responding to the evidence, so it would not be a complete waste of time for you to post it.
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