I think it’s a useful mental check of what you really mean. It can lead you astray (e.g. “there is no reason to suggest that vaccine cause autism” is not obviously false, not without proper research), but it certainly works in the cases you describe.
I think it’s a useful mental check of what you really mean. It can lead you astray (e.g. “there is no reason to suggest that vaccine cause autism” is not obviously false, not without proper research), but it certainly works in the cases you describe.