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Re:People are “consistently inconsistent” in reasoning about... by beat on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @12:10PM (#18442609)
"I could be wrong. I'm often wrong."

The guilt-by-association rule is not a hard and fast airtight conclusion. This is the stock criticism everyone is making, and it simply doesn't follow. It's evidence of a flaw, but not every bit of evidence is incontrovertible proof of whatever.

Really, doesn't anyone study logic anymore?

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Re:People are “consistently inconsistent” in reasoning about... by ikeboy on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @12:55PM (#18443054)
Perhaps people are associating your arguments with other, flawed, arguments and assuming yours are flawed as well. Might not be incontrovertible proof but it's enough to critique you.
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