Why your childhood memories may not actually have happened.

[LostOne4Ever]

73. I believe in evidence, logic and proof.

If you make a claim you must provide evidence and prove your point. Until then I will ALWAYS be skeptical. However, just because someone can not provide proof does not mean that one is wrong or lying. To say one is lying is also making a claim and requires proof and evidence and requires skepticism.

Note the link. I am talking about real scientific skepticism and not denialism.

I know statistically that false claims of sexual molestation are very low. Statistically, the odds are on the side of the accuser. I also know how faulty eye witness testimony can be, how the mind can play tricks on people, and that the testimony of children is far less reliable than adults.

From what I know of the case, both sides have witnesses and very little hard evidence. I think it is most likely that Dylan's version of events is the truth, but I am not completely convinced by either side. So, other than saying what I think COULD of happened, without further details or evidence I would abstain from making any decision for certain.

What I do know, is that I find it very troubling, and to a degree resent, that some people want that I completely forgo any attempt at being objective and open-minded on the matter. That to even so much as LISTEN to the other side somehow makes me a bad person. It is like so much as considering the possibility that Dylan's account might be faulty, corrupted, or even knowingly or unknowingly false makes me an accessory or enabler of the US rape culture.

I am not going to surrender my ability to think and reason for myself because it makes someone feel better, or to anybody for any reason. I believe in questioning and being "skeptical" of everything.