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Re:The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan by HSO on Thursday October 13, 2016 @02:46PM (#12703066)
> Reductio ad 'X' means assigning guilt by association to X.

Not really. Reductio ad absurdum is a common proof strategy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum

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