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To: SunkenCiv

Abductio ad absurdum is one of my favorite methods of argumentation.

WAIT; er, uh, I meant “reductio ad absurdum”!

That other one is the “I was abducted by space aliens, and they made me do it” excuse. ;-)


17 posted on 07/29/2010 6:09:31 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
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To: ApplegateRanch
Abductio ad absurdum vs reductio ad absurdum will be bigger than "tastes great / less filling". ;')
18 posted on 07/30/2010 5:08:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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