On: Is Apple stifling progress in Web standards?

[kevincennis]

> Um, that's an assertion, without which the rest of the piece makes no sense. I would have expected a little evidence to back the assertion up...

How, exactly, would you expect the OP to present evidence of Apple not showing interest? What would that "evidence" look like?

I can't provide evidence that my golden retriever doesn't have an advanced understanding of quantum mechanics, but I don't think that would get him a job at CERN.

[lordbusiness → kevincennis]

The parent makes a solid point, and you're employing this logical fallacy, which is why I am down voting you.:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_ridicule

[heinrich5991 → lordbusiness]

Say what's wrong, but don't call it "that fallacy". Those "appeals to fallacies" are really what destroys useful Internet discussions.

[gwern → lordbusiness]

Ridicule is not what he's appealing to, rather, the basic evidential principle that absence of evidence is evidence of absence.