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Jun 17, 2020 at 9:41 history edited CommunityBot
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Oct 30, 2018 at 17:45 comment added DenisS @Sklivvz agreed, if there was a concrete definition besides made up terms, this could be an interesting question, but as the infographic stands right now, this reeks of Russel's Teapot
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Oct 31, 2018 at 23:39
Oct 30, 2018 at 9:42 comment added Sklivvz In none of your links this "Marianas Web" has anything close to a definition, hence the question is unanswerable because it's meaningless. Closing.
Oct 30, 2018 at 9:41 history closed Sklivvz Needs details or clarity
Oct 28, 2018 at 15:29 comment added Oddthinking @The_Sympathizer: A Meta question now exists.
Oct 28, 2018 at 15:12 comment added The_Sympathizer @Oddthinking : What should I post there? What would be the right question to ask?
Oct 28, 2018 at 15:12 comment added Oddthinking @The_Sympathizer: Let's take it to meta, where the community can weigh in.
Oct 28, 2018 at 15:06 comment added The_Sympathizer @Oddthinking : Moreover, what is the right question to be asking when confronted with a claim like this?
Oct 28, 2018 at 15:05 comment added The_Sympathizer @Oddthinking : While you cannot prove a negative, isn't there some sense at least in which this claim could be considered less "plausible" or less "credible" than, say, a claim that a certain medicine is more likely to cause some side effect than was thought, etc.? If not, what is the "right" question to be asking and why does it "intuitively" seem like something to be considered closer to "nonsense"?
Oct 28, 2018 at 2:41 comment added Oddthinking @elliotsvensson: I don't know what supermoderation is (despite my avatar). It was self-deleted by the owner after 7 downvotes and 4 upvotes.
Oct 28, 2018 at 0:18 comment added elliot svensson @Oddthinking, was the second answer deleted on your own initiative, or because of supermoderation (or for another reason)?
Oct 27, 2018 at 23:19 comment added Oddthinking @elliotsvensson: IMO, your title change ("Is there any evidence") makes it worse. It doesn't help because it still has the "prove a negative" problem - how do you prove there is no evidence? Meanwhile, simpler titles are preferred for easier browsing. Providing evidence is expected of every answer. [And it opens up the Bayesian debate of what "evidence" is. The iceberg infographic IS evidence of the existence of Marianas Trench, and you should update your priors upon seeing it... but it isn't strong evidence, and your priors should only shift ever so slightly.
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Oct 27, 2018 at 1:02 comment added Oddthinking This is indeed a difficult question to answer, but not merely because it is hard to prove a negative, but because the OP demonstrates that even after reading references that argue it is nonsense, they are not convinced. An answer must be better quality (more definitive) than the Quora answers and the Engadget article.
Oct 26, 2018 at 20:33 comment added Bradley Thomas OP, I don't believe your definition of Mariana's Web is precise enough to permit an accurate answer to your question. If your definition of existence is that there is some server that requires a tool other than Tor to access, then that is trivially true, since many commercial APIs are secured and would at least require authentication
S Oct 26, 2018 at 18:51 history suggested elliot svensson CC BY-SA 4.0
Title question made answerable (now you wouldn't have to prove a negative).
Oct 26, 2018 at 14:59 comment added IllusiveBrian When you're treating an image from 4chan that's obviously a joke as evidence of a rumor, it must be a truly slow week.
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S Oct 26, 2018 at 18:51
Oct 26, 2018 at 14:20 comment added elliot svensson It's going to be very difficult to provide any answer other than "we don't know"... to say "No there's not" would require proving a negative! I think the question as worded "Is there any evidence..." is much more answerable.
Oct 26, 2018 at 13:56 history reopened Oddthinking
Oct 26, 2018 at 13:56 history edited Oddthinking CC BY-SA 4.0
Cite the claims. Let other people describe it. Avoid calling it deep web. Fix the title.
Oct 26, 2018 at 13:27 history closed Oddthinking Needs details or clarity
Oct 26, 2018 at 13:15 answer added Aserre timeline score: 55
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