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33 Post author: perpetualpeace1 19 April 2012 05:27PM

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Comment author: drethelin 19 April 2012 09:55:25PM 13 points [-]

plenty of people have written reams of stuff that's not obviously wrong. You shouldn't have to read all the works of Freud or L Ron Hubbard to be able to get information on their reliability. You shouldn't be forced to read every work on the Luminiferous Ether and deduce what's wrong with it yourself.

Comment author: faul_sname 20 April 2012 01:18:48AM 4 points [-]

You shouldn't be forced to read every work on the Luminiferous Ether and deduce what's wrong with it yourself.

Though it is a useful exercise.