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longship

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3. Special pleading?

Fri Nov 21, 2014, 12:18 PM

Nov 2014

I have not read this study, but your argument comes off as special pleading.

Shape of her legs? Eyes closer to the same level? Yes, those might be arguments. I suggest that the latter has more credibility than the former. Nevertheless, I reject both of your hypotheses due to the fact that they appear to be ad hoc. Do you have any evidence other than your personal opinion?

The data may be incomplete, but your hypothesis has no data that I know of. That is a classic exemplar of special pleading.

Sorry. Not buying your argument.

Regardless, my regards.

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