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48 Post author: MBlume 16 April 2009 09:06AM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 16 April 2009 10:57:45PM 1 point [-]

Your last question is of towering importance.

I'd slightly rephrase that as "...in which both sides have arguments that a non-expert might be convinced by..." - there's no barrier to such a problem arising even where there are no inherently good arguments at all on one side, such as the MMR-autism scare.

Comment author: byrnema 17 April 2009 03:11:21AM 0 points [-]

such as the MMR-autism scare

This was exactly the issue that originally motivated this question for me.