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whitemale | karma 13 | avg karma 0.21 · 2018-01-30 15:46:10+00:00

> False claims aren't conspiracy theories.

Are you saying that conspiracy theories are all true?

> I'm not sacrificing truth to point out your mistake.

You are wasting 100% of your effort on arguing semantics instead of engaging with my actual argument, sounds like a tradeoff to me. And no, it's not a mistake, don't know where you got that idea from.

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brucephillips | karma 521 | avg karma 1.24 · 2018-01-30 22:09:49+00:00

> Are you saying that conspiracy theories are all true?

(A -/-> B) does not mean that (B -> !A)

When arguments devolve into basic logical errors, there's little hope in finding a resolution, which you're obviously not after anyway.

> You are wasting 100% of your effort on arguing semantics instead of engaging with my actual argument.

You're so intent on picking a fight that you don't realize I agreed with your actual argument above.

Happy trolling.

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dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 · 2018-01-31 08:08:00+00:00

Please don't feed trolls on HN. That just makes this place worse, and the site guidelines ask you not to: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Instead, flag egregious comments, as explained there and at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html.