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A proper understanding of logical fallacies will improve the quality of debate

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11-13-2011 7:01 PM 		Reply to: Message 29 by designtheorist
11-13-2011 6:37 PM

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But if I say Stephen Weinberg, people don't generally know who that is. Is he an astronomer, chemist, sunday school teacher? No one knows.
And that's the whole point: it doesn't matter; it's only the argument that counts. 1+1=3 is wrong, irrespective of whether the local village idiot says it or Albert Einstein.
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