Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Would you like to extend that line of thinking into science, and say that phenomena should be deemed true and existent until disproved?

Guilty until proven innocent increases the likelihood that crooks are caught, but at the price that a significant number of innocent people will also be wronged and needlessly suffer.

I could hit my head on some wall on the way home and blame some poor guy nearby for attacking me. Under "guilty until proven innocent", if he can't prove he didn't hit me, he'd be in for some trouble.
Sure why not extend it into every other non-related topic as well.