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0 pointsbaroffoos6y ago0 comments

Being right doesn't mean very much. A broken clock is right twice a day. If I say something will go up I have a 50% chance of that being true. That doesn't mean anyone should take my advice on the future.

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geofft6y ago

Sure, I'm just saying the argument above was fallacious. That an argument against X is fallacious does not mean X is true.

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0 pointsbaroffoos6y ago0 comments

Being right doesn't mean very much. A broken clock is right twice a day. If I say something will go up I have a 50% chance of that being true. That doesn't mean anyone should take my advice on the future.

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geofft6y ago

Sure, I'm just saying the argument above was fallacious. That an argument against X is fallacious does not mean X is true.

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