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the quiet judge deciding whether your argument earned the right to be believed
means The quality of being well-founded, sound, or legally and logically acceptable — whether an argument, document, or claim actually holds up.
from From Latin 'validus,' meaning strong or robust, which itself grew from 'valere,' to be strong or be worth something — the same root behind 'value,' 'valiant,' and the farewell 'vale' (be well). The word entered English in the 1500s, carrying that sense of sturdiness inward: a valid argument is one strong enough to stand.
- logic vs truth
- A valid argument can have completely false conclusions
- latin root
- From validus, meaning strong or powerful
- science twist
- Internal validity and external validity often fight each other
- legal weight
- Contracts gain validity the moment conditions are met
chinese room argument — john searle's 1980 thought experiment challenging the validity of ai understanding
salem witch trials — 1692 massachusetts executions that lacked validity due to spectral evidence
iq tests — ongoing debate since 1905 about their validity in measuring intelligence across cultures