Cowen says the person he is discussing has definitely made many more people vegetarians and probably influenced pro-animal legislation, adding that he has never measured this.
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What would count as true or false
The proposition is about what Cowen said. True if the transcript or recording from about 2024-12-25 shows Cowen saying the person under discussion has definitely made many more people vegetarians and probably influenced pro-animal legislation, while acknowledging he has not measured this. Mostly true if both assessments appear but the wording of the caveat or the degree of certainty differs slightly. Mixed if only one of the two assessments appears. False if the transcript shows he did not make these assessments, or said the opposite.
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Evidence (1)
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E1 Conversations with Tyler 2024 Retrospective podscripts.co · 25 December 2024
“Peter Singer. Has Peter Singer got on his way on most issues? I would say no. But has he made many more people, vegetarians, and probably influenced pro-animal legislation? I would say definitely yes. And I've never measured that.”
Reasoning
The transcript of the Conversations with Tyler 2024 Retrospective, dated 2024-12-25 [E1], has Cowen saying of Peter Singer that he has "made many more people, vegetarians, and probably influenced pro-animal legislation? I would say definitely yes." Cowen then adds, "And I've never measured that." Both assessments and the caveat match the proposition, and the "definitely" and "probably" wording is the same.
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Tyler Cowen, “Cowen says the person he is discussing has definitely made many more people vegetarians and probably influenced pro-animal legislation, adding that he has never measured this.” (said 25 December 2024). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_5907d9b3874d, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_5907d9b3874d
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