A company contracted by the government to assess technologies for verifying the ages of online users says it can be done privately, robustly and effectively.
You can’t prove it, but you can evidence it. And in some cases you can prove it (we’ve proven vaccines don’t cause Autism, for example).
Although this whole “produce studies” approach is such BS. The “do your own research” slogan is what got us anti-vaxxers (plus, and I can’t stress this enough, I really can’t be bothered). Expert consensus is how we should approach it. The experts know how to read the studies.
You can’t prove it, but you can evidence it. And in some cases you can prove it (we’ve proven vaccines don’t cause Autism, for example).
Although this whole “produce studies” approach is such BS. The “do your own research” slogan is what got us anti-vaxxers (plus, and I can’t stress this enough, I really can’t be bothered). Expert consensus is how we should approach it. The experts know how to read the studies.
When you get to university take a couple of electives in philosophy, including philosophy of science.