From: Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Iran: Still a Standout
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 06:50:04 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 18:18:27 -0800, Alan wrote:
> On 2025-02-04 18:00, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 17:00:53 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-02-04 16:50, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 15:29:35 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2025-02-04 15:01, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 11:02:38 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2025-02-04 10:15, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 18:03:10 -0000 (UTC), Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 09:10:54 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-02-04 09:09, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 06:40:06 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-02-04 05:32, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://phys.org/news/2025-02-debunks-nuclear-misinformation-iran-earthquake.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Study debunks nuclear test misinformation following 2024 Iran earthquake
>>>>>>>>>>>>> A new study debunks claims that a magnitude 4.5 earthquake in Iran was a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> covert nuclear weapons test, as widely alleged on social media and some
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mainstream news outlets in October 2024, a period of heightened geopolitical
>>>>>>>>>>>>> tensions in the Middle East."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Still the only country (other than Canada ;) that can build nukes and doesn't.
>>>>>>>>>>>> You think that proving something wasn't a nuke tests proves they DON'T
>>>>>>>>>>>> build nukes?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> No. It only proves that Iran's detractors continue to spew fake news.
>>>>>>>>>>> Iran has serious problems that cannot be reasonably addressed because
>>>>>>>>>>> western opposition intentionally disables meaningful internal discourse.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It is just as fake to pretend that you can know whether or not Iran is
>>>>>>>>>> building nuclear weapons.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I believe their Ayatollahs' words more than yours: they're provably human.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dhu
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> While you are just a source of semantic rubbish: your arguments usually
>>>>>>>> require _Reductio_* which renders them delusional and not just wrong.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *truth by negation is subject to Russel's paradox.
>>>>>>> In what sense is my argument here based on "reductio ad absurdum"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *All* of your arguments are dependant on truth by negation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Explain how that applies in this case.
>>>>>
>>>>> And explain how it is the same as "reductio ad absurdum" which is also
>>>>> what you've said all my arguments use.
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>> You entirely abjure the use of constructive argument: I've said nothing ad absurdum.
>>> What are form of rhetoric is referred to as "reductio", doofus?
>>
>> Truth by negation. Ad absurdum is only proof of it's futility.
> You should study this stuff before you start babbling.
You should not argue logic with me, then, Tin Cretin.
Dhu
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