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skipvia commented on the word ad ignorantiam
An argument from ignorance that basically states that a specific belief is true because we don't know that it isn't true. Kind of like like saying that an unknown object in the sky must be an alien spacecraft, or that Iraq must have WMDs.
November 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ad ignorantiam
Well, we don't know that this phrase really means this, do we? ;->
November 14, 2007