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[Nessie]

Stubble ignores corroboration;

https://www.codohforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=24302#p24302

The fact that there is a document indicating that Blobel had a flame thrower, and later Hoess claimed to have seen one does not undo the many other impossibilities and errors that rolled out of the man's mouth.

The document and witness corroborate each other, proving the use of a flamethrower. Stubble ignores that normal standard for verifying claims and instead prefers to use his opinion on the witness. When he has assessed Hoess's "impossibilities and errors" he has not taken into account any studies about witnesses, memory and recall that can account for him making such claims.

Blobel himself is a poor witness to use to build an idea of what transpired during 'the war years'. Having tried 'the Blobel method' with rat carcasses, I can tell you that it plays out exactly as you would expect. Had he actually done at Babi Yar what he claims, the top layer of bodies would have been partially destroyed and the lower tiers of the mass grave would have been untouched, because of the lack of airflow.

Stubble now uses the argument from incredulity. Because he cannot work out how it would be possible for the Blobel method to work, he claims that means Blobel lied about how he went about the mass cremation of corpses.

Just because Mary claimed to have ridden a broomstick and had intercourse with the devil, and later someone else claimed to have seen it, and a receipt surfaced for a broomstick doesn't mean the devil is real and she could fly on one.

For fuck's sake.

Another fallacy, this time false analogy. Stubble uses a claim that is proven to be false, and compares it to the claims about mass cremations. He ignores that the claims about mass cremations are supported by corroborating sources of evidence.