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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Lapsody ⎊✹  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Trumpedo's First Choice for AG
Date: 11/13/25 8:43 PM
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Ok then,

Substantial evidence: There is enough evidence for a reasonable person to support a conclusion.

I wasn't trying to use legalese at all. But there's enough evidence for a reasonable person to support a conclusion that it did occur.

So beyond a reasonable doubt is 95% certain. Clear and convincing is around 80% certain. Preponderance of the evidence is 51% certain, or beyond equipoise, which is 50%. So what do you think "likely true" is in percentages? I've never heard it used in any legal sense whatsoever. Anything that falls below 50% isn't really worth talking about in legal terms for me. I wasn't intending "likely true" to be a legal term.

But the evidence is adequate for a reasonable person to support a conclusion that the findings in the report about Matt Gaetz did occur.
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