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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Neocon who wrote (71651)8/5/2003 12:07:23 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
It ALSO means a proposition or argument taken to an absurd extreme. You'll probably find that if you google long enough.

You read (or remembered) what you wanted to read, instead of what was there, because you thought you could score off the reductio. You can't fool me. Fess up.

Argumentum ad absurdum
- Appel à l’absurde -

Ce sophisme se produit quand on développe un argument à une absurdité extrême.
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