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hugh3
on Aug 21, 2011
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Stupid scientists
Yes, but he's "arguing against it" by reshaping it into a ridiculously extreme and self-evidently-false form.
It's an intellectually dishonest and particularly annoying (yet extremely common) way to argue.
Goladus
on Aug 21, 2011
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It's a 4 paragraph blog entry meant to be funny and make you think a little bit. It's not trying to be anything more than that. "Intellectually dishonest" is an unfair charge.
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It's an intellectually dishonest and particularly annoying (yet extremely common) way to argue.