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by s3r3nity 2777 days ago
But this just leads back to my original point - the motives or authority of the speaker for an idea should have little weight into whether or not it's valid or sound. If there is bad information or a biased approach, that would be easy to root out when focused on the facts and logic in a vacuum.

Editorializing or investigation into possible motives and the like puts the discussion on something that is not as important.