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Yujiri's Law of argument

last edited 2024-11-05

Yujiri's Law: The more distinct proofs someone claims to have, the more likely they are to be wrong.

There are 5 reasons why this must be true:

• You're reading this law on my site, and I'm usually right about things, which means you should expect that I'm right again. Therefore my law is true.

• It's true because if you deny it, then you're saying someone could make something true just by claiming to have an arbitrarily large number of proofs.

• It's true because someone who knows they're wrong is incentivized to make up lots of bogus proofs to make their case appear stronger at a quick glance (and to discourage rational people responding, since they'd have to read and deal with all of them).

• It's true because if you don't believe that having a lot of claimed proofs makes someone likely to be wrong, then you'll end up having to make detailed arguments against people with a lot of claimed proofs. This will take a lot of time and you won't have as much left to focus on more reasonable opponents, so you won't be as effective at spreading your ideas.

• You can see empirical examples. For a super extreme one, there's a book titled "200 Proofs Earth is Not a Spinning Ball". You can't argue with empirical demonstration.

=> https://www.amazon.com/200-Proofs-Earth-Spinning-Ball/dp/B072PPB3HB

There are rarely more than 3 distinct valid arguments for something true.