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What kind of reasoning is this? It's OK to include outright falsehoods in your writing because the conclusions they support might be true?

• themitigating 4y ago
  Where did I say that? I'm talking about whether you should double check it.
  • kreetx 4y ago
    If one takes your view to the extreme then that seems to be what you are saying. I.e if all the rest you read is factually true then one lie probably won't make much of a difference, but if a lot of them are actually wrong then one's world view shifts into being more fictional.
    • themitigating 4y ago
      Yes, that's true. I didn't say it can't happen however your arguement uses hypothetical additional false information.