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Re:The logic of Buddhist philosophy by marcblackbeard on Thursday May 08, 2014 @10:41PM (#7719038)
>If this kind of thinking were to get "popular," Western civilization and science would collapse into skepticism and religion would take over again. Just as happened in the Middle Ages and at the end of the Islamic Golden Age (in the latter case, there never was a recovery).

argumentum ad consequentiam

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Re:The logic of Buddhist philosophy by javert on Sunday May 11, 2014 @02:20PM (#7729391)
I made my argument in the first 4 sentences of my comment, and this, my 5th sentence, was an aside.

All this is obvious, and your comment is dishonest.

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