JAY JG wrote:
From: Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net
JAY JG wrote:
No, that's a strawman argument. "Deductive reasoning" becomes original research when it is used to build a case against a position presented in an article, not when used to do unit conversions. Now if you were to assert that based on genetics and "simple deductive reasoning" that uncles were more closely related to nephews than aunts were to nieces, that would be original research, and you'd have to find some source which supported it.
That's certainly an extremist view.
Ray, labels like this aren't helpful.
Deductive reason is the application of logic to the facts as already presented. The uncle/nephew vs. aunt/niece is simply a nonsense comment pulled out of imagination. It has no research attached to it at all, original or otherwise; your theory doesn't even define what you mean by "more closely related. So before you complain about the strawmen of others you should stop using them yourself.
You seem to forget the original purpose for the rule.
I don't think so; what do you think I have forgotten?
That the purpose was to avoid becoming overrun with loose cannon theories.
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