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Re:Why Silicon Valley Tech Wunderkinds Overestimate Their Ow... by trustfundbaby on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @01:33AM (#4135752)
Thank You! ... I see very smart people do this all the time and it simply baffles me.

Just say "Hey, where's your data?" instead of "my friend is Asian, and he's a red head so there goes your argument" ...

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Re:Why Silicon Valley Tech Wunderkinds Overestimate Their Ow... by gnaritas on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @10:06AM (#4137008)
Lots of smart people never studied debate or logical fallacies and never learned the difference between a sound argument and good sounding rhetoric. They get emotional and don't realize they aren't making any sense.
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