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OKIsItJustMe

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8. You pick and choose your facts

Reply to NNadir (Reply #7)

Wed Nov 27, 2024, 07:10 PM

Nov 2024

On one hand, you cite EIA as authoritative (believing the facts you draw from them support your conclusion) and then you denigrate their facts, when they don’t. You don’t get to have it both ways.

At least not in science my friend.

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