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Re:Ear muscle we thought humans didn't use activates when pe... by MrPatan on Friday January 31, 2025 @11:43AM (#42889221)
The Chesterton fence defense (yeah!) doesn't apply.

Did you care about Chesterton when the previous set of fence-smashers went around smashing (much older) fences?

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Re:Ear muscle we thought humans didn't use activates when pe... by estebank on Friday January 31, 2025 @11:59AM (#42889346)
The Chesterton fence argument is that you need to understand why the fence is there. If you do understand it, and still remove it, it doesn't say that's bad.
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