Nobody is under any obligation to prove anything, to anyone. Unless, they want said anyone to trust them with their money. In which case, they are.
One can't help but wonder, what good is a good, that becomes unmovable and unsellable precisely at the moment it starts making sense to do either.
If your argument hinges on handwaving away five hundred years or so of scientific progress (thus implying that you are *smarter than the entire scientific community over five hundred years combined*), you are going to have a *really* hard time trying to get anyone to take you serioisly.
The biggest problem that mankind was trying to solve since its dawn: How to make it so, that you don't have to do it.
If i had to describe my parenting experience, i would say it feels most like swimming in the ocean: confusing, disorienting and overwhelming. Am i swimming or am i drowning? Am i swimming towards the shore? Am i swimming in circles? Which way IS the shore? Am i ever going to make it? Oh, wait, here's another big wave incoming...
The only thing worse than going through a misfortune, is seeing someone else go through a similar misfortune, without breaking stride and with no impact on their spirits whatsoever. Unacceptable. Unforgivable. How DARE they!...
I'm not very good with people. I'm *especially* not very good with people, who show any signs of hostility. I cope, by... Actually, i don't.
I'm not very good with people. I'm *especially* not very good with people i don't really know. I cope, by pretending other people don't exist.
Who would win in a fight, the Not Evil corporation, or an arbitrarily large number of ordinary people? Judging from the amount of resources the former pours into convincing the latter that it is, in fact, their best friend, i think they know the answer.
It might be difficult to get someone to prove something to you, when not only does his well-being *not* depend on you being convinced, but it *does* depend on someone else *not* being convinced. In some cases, it is ambiguity that's the best policy.
"Free money!" — "Thanks for the offer, but i'd rather that i was paid because someone appreciates what i'm doing, not because of free giveaways." — "But... Free money?" — "...Ah, what the hell."
No, "taking over the world" is not a mission. It's something that happens naturally when you're doing something extremely right for a while.
If i had a dollar every time i said "if i had a dollar", i would be saying "if i had a dollar" much more often than i do presently.
If you can successfully convince people you are doing something useful, actually doing something useful is superfluos. Though, this only works short-term; Sooner or later, someone is going to catch up. No matter how good you are, you're not going to be able to out-PR the entire world indefinitely.
Dear scammer: You're not fooling anyone, you know; But, still, kudos for the fascinating email that managed to keep my interest for a whole six minutes.
Freedom of speech: the fundamental right of every human to express their agreement with the speaker's views.
"I'm a little man; If my boss orders me to go and boss people around, I'm going and I'm bossing people around!"
The inherent strength of FOSS lies in the fact that no matter how much they may want to, no one can make you do things their way.