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		grego on April 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Personal Statement from Iain Banks If we draw something like an air-field on sand, it is reasonable to believe that the planes will start to land again... Sounds like that "cargo cult" variety of science.

nawitus on April 3, 2013 [–]

So your argument is that if someone believes something to be reasonable, he is wrong because there exists some other unrelated non-reasonable beliefs?

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