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lordbusiness
4137 days ago
The parent makes a solid point, and you're employing this logical fallacy, which is why I am down voting you.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_ridicule
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heinrich5991
4137 days ago
Say what's wrong, but don't call it "that fallacy". Those "appeals to fallacies" are really what destroys useful Internet discussions.
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gwern
4137 days ago
Ridicule is not what he's appealing to, rather, the basic evidential principle that absence of evidence is evidence of absence.
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