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Comment author: Desrtopa 10 May 2011 11:00:59PM 4 points [-]

I'm not sure if I've ever said this phrase or an analogue myself, but what I expect to hear as a followup, the cached association I have, is an attempt at an airtight argument for the point. In other words, "I may be motivated to reach this particular conclusion, nevertheless, correcting for that bias, I think it is still correct, and this is why I think that must be so."