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2023-08-20 07:19:27 UTC - HELPFUL
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This rhetorical device is an informal fallacy commonly referred to as the "Galileo gambit", which is a specific type of association fallacy. In short: The dismissal of factual claims in the past has no bearing on the accuracy of claims made in the present. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Galileo_gambit
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