It bothers me when people say things like "I don't know if this is true, but I see X Y and Z happening," as it's frequently paired by a lack of empirical support. It reminds me of this scene from "Dorthy and the Wizard in Oz," in which the Dorthy's cat is on trial for eating a pet piglet. What follows is the entire prosecution:
... the Woggle-Bug, bowing. “I say I see the criminal, in my mind’s eye, creeping stealthily into the room of our Ozma and secreting herself, when no one was looking, until the Princess had gone away and the door was closed. Then the murderer was alone with her helpless victim, the fat piglet, and I see her pounce upon the innocent creature and eat it up—”“Are you still seeing with your mind’s eye?” enquired the Scarecrow.“Of course; how else could I see it? And we know the thing is true, because since the time of that interview there is no piglet to be found anywhere.”“I suppose, if the cat had been gone, instead of the piglet, your mind’s eye would see the piglet eating the cat,” suggested the Scarecrow.“Very likely,” acknowledged the Woggle-Bug. “And now, Fellow Citizens and Creatures of the Jury, I assert that so awful a crime deserves death...
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