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What is "facially reasonable" supposed to mean?

• steveklabnik 5y ago
  My understanding (not the author): "prima facie" is a legal term for "on its face", and this is saying the same thing but phrased in a different way. It looks reasonable on its face, due to being "superficially similar" (author's words). But when you look a bit deeper, it is not.
• jimminy 5y ago
  It seems like an unusual rephrasing of the saying "reasonable on the face", which means "reasonable upon first appearance, without considering deeper aspects." It's judging a book by it's cover.
• deleted 5y ago
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