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Old 02-May-2008, 05:34 PM
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Yes, tautological reasoning at its best. Or worst. X imples Y, and not-X also implies Y. Or in other words, Y depends not at all on X. Or in other words, my conclusion has nothing to do with the evidence.

In the conspiracy theory bizarro-world, that means the conclusion is so strong that there's no way it cannot be true. In the real world it means that the conclusion is simply asserted and arises from no process of logic or reason, nor can be tested. Sad.
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