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Well yeah.. "of course" would I say. Doesn't "everybody"? You have to assume something when you write a paper or debate. It would be pretty tedious and difficult if you have to debate every basic existential questions every time you write or say something. It seriously dampens the progress.

The purpose of "citation needed" is not to improve the conversation; its the opposite.

From a post yesterday: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity

Right... because most medical articles assume patients and doctors are striving to remain sick and die.