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"Self-evident" means that the evidence of accuracy or correctness is present in the statement as offered, without need for recourse to outside sources. A self-evident statement is the type of statement that generates responses such as "Thank you, Captain Obvious."Nanuk said:Wrong. The truth is self evident if you are educated in the topic. I am not going to link a citation for everything I say.You post the information, you're responsible for providing the resources. If you can't provide the resource, why would we believe it?
Your statement was NOT self-evident. You were saved by someone else who supplied a link to documentation for your assertion, but in reality it was your responsibility to have done so. Your statement manages to commit two logical fallacies in one try: the Proof by Assertion fallacy, and the Onus Propandi fallacy.