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Re:A Personal Statement from Iain Banks by grego on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @11:00AM (#5486445)
If we draw something like an air-field on sand, it is reasonable to believe that the planes will start to land again...

Sounds like that "cargo cult" variety of science.

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Re:A Personal Statement from Iain Banks by nawitus on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @12:36PM (#5487120)
So your argument is that if someone believes something to be reasonable, he is wrong because there exists some other unrelated non-reasonable beliefs?
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