(June 5, 2018 at 5:33 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(June 5, 2018 at 9:13 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: That would be a better argument from incredulity yes.
Much better than the argument of "cannot get there from here" or the argument from "one can only walk in straight lines"
It's still fallacious, and yet a big step up. Congrats!
In 1st century Palestine, there were Roman roads and people did use them. It's like someone saying that they sailed to Europe from the United States by going to the West.
And what are your assumptions here? Are you saying you cannot get there from here?
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