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Your friend's anecdote or the victims testimony... That's a tough one.
The victim's testimony that has been debunked
How do you justify that claim with that link? What in that article supports the idea that it was debunked?
Aren't "anecdote" and "testimony" technically the same level of trustworthiness?
No...
Anecdote: "he's a nice guy who didn't have a childhood so he hung out with children, he couldn't have possibly done anything wrong, I know him" -> opinion
Victim testimony: "he took advantage of my trust and innocence and molested me. I didn't realize I'm being abused and it has given me a lifetime of mental suffering" -> data
You can say you don't trust the victims, but it isn't the same as proclaiming someone definitely didn't commit a crime because I have a positive experience with them.
Hmm, point taken. I think they're both equally valid data points in theory, which is what I was trying to convey, but to your point, "he didn't molest me" has much less determining power than "he molested me" when trying to determine if he molested someone. I see what you're saying now.