The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppr…

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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.429, Ballantine Books
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