The VP8 wars heat up ... again

The VP8 wars heat up ... again

You're pointing out that all logical conclusions about the real world can be traced back to observations (evidence), and that all conclusions based on evidence are actually an application of logic to that evidence.

So the distinction between believing something based on logic and believing it based on evidence is only a matter of degree of the remoteness of the evidence.

Based on your categorizing the conclusion that a coffee maker will or will not work in a particular kitchen as an evidence-based conclusion, then my conclusion that patents stimulate innovation is also evidence-based, though I originally said it was not. A lifetime of seeing what greed makes people do, of seeing things cost money, of seeing people use other people's inventions, and on and on lead me to that conclusion.

I believe someone said at one point there is "no evidence" that patents stimulate innovation, which I took to refer to more direct evidence, with less logical deduction required, than the above.