Burden of Proof by Chani Kinsler aka CK Tha Poet

*LINK TO THE YOUTUBE PRESENTATION IS AT THE BOTTOM*

I decided to do Shifting the Burden of Proof as the second lesson in the Death To The Pseudos’ Series, because when you have someone that doesn’t know what they are talking about, or they know they are going up against someone that is more knowledgeable than they are, instead of presenting evidence for their claims they will shift the responsibility to someone else. This was a common theme among anti-vaxxers, conscious community individuals, and many others that push pseudo-science claims, including conspiracy theories. Some people seem to think that just playing a Tik Tok video, clipped together videos on Facebook, YouTube videos, podcasts, or a video of themselves speaking is enough and considered proof. Others will post a collage of images turned into meme’s, screenshots of unverifiable websites, or worse screenshots of verifiable websites that are clipped out of context. Finally there are those that feel confident and beat their chest as they tag you to death with a plethora of articles from conspiracy theory websites, or websites known for and exposed for printing false or misleading information knowingly, and when all else fails after doing all these behaviors I listed above they will shift the burden of proof. In this lesson we are going to dive deep, this is one of the hardest video presentations I have ever done because of the shear amount of information I had to gather, and of course putting it all together and then condensing it and clearing it up making sure it flows right. This video is just as much for the Pseudo as it is for the Pseudo Slayer (or slayer in training lol), we will learn what is considered proof and what can be used as evidence , while also touching on some other key points that go along with meeting the Burden of Proof. In the future I plan to do a video on how to vet a source, and I have been working on a quiz to detect how much pseudo information someone believes look out for that in the future.

In my presentation I mention these people below, either their YouTube video, or channel, also I think their presentation complements the points I was trying to convey in my own presentation. Please save these videos and watch them and check out their channel and blog sites they give invaluable information that will help you on your journey to being a Pseudo Slayer or just a critical thinker that better understands those that are not and why.

How to Research Effectively by Aliyma Njie aka Lelelapoete Speaks (she also has a WEBSITE )
I ‘am Just Here to Help you Research by Truthstorian of NBK *This video has been made private* watch this instead How to Spot a Phony intellectual: From Africanist to Asiatics and Father Divine
Control the Conversation by Innuendo Studios
Never Play Defense by Innuendo Studios
Basic Understanding of the Scientific Method, Fallacies, Research Designs, and Literature Review (Research Methodology) by Shawn Phillips aka ini-Herit (he also has a blog: MEMOIRS OF INOTU)

I completed this Presentation in January 2021 with me (Chani Kinsler) providing commentary and sources using PowerPoint (slides), Audacity(audio-voiceover), Shotcut (video editing and rendering), and the background music is from Lukrembo, Lakey Inspired, and i2hiigh to watch the full 33 minute Presentation on the Pseudo Killas YouTube channel click here.