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Re:The impossibility—and the necessity—of distinguishing sci... by JackFr on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @11:46AM (#17409109)
e.g. using a Carl Sagan quote, rather than addressing the authors argument.
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Re:The impossibility—and the necessity—of distinguishing sci... by crazydoggers on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @12:10PM (#17409333)
The quote was an aside.. not used to refute the article. Just a pertinent thought. Carl Sagan wasn’t being used as an athority against the argument.

Nice try on confusing the meaning of argument from authority though.

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