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Re:There’s No Planet B by lapcat on Monday January 16, 2023 @09:04AM (#34400741)
> This article is a straw man.

This comment is a straw man. The author gave a link to what the "planning" entailed: https://aeon.co/essays/elon-musk-puts-his-case-for-a-multi-p...

"‘Even at a million, you’re really assuming an incredible amount of productivity per person, because you would need to recreate the entire industrial base on Mars,’ he [Musk] said."

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Re:There’s No Planet B by YeGoblynQueenne on Monday January 16, 2023 @10:14AM (#34401437)
>> That's a "motte & bailey" [0] type of argument.

>> This is a straw man.

>> This comment is a straw man.

There isn't, but there should be, an HN guideline against throwing formal fallacies at each other instead of just saying what one disagrees with.

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Re:There’s No Planet B by jkestner on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:01PM (#34402674)
Shh - don’t disturb the logical argument classifiers while they’re training.
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Re:There’s No Planet B by api on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @09:40AM (#34412869)
Non-sequitur.

Beep boop.

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