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Have you seen old manuscripts? They weren't wrong.

But "something vaguely similar to this"-type of argument is fallacious nonsense in the first place.



I apollogize in advance. I do not know what you are trying to say, so I am going to ask for clarification while answering as best I can.

> Have you seen old manuscripts?

I have seen pics of old manuscripts online.

> They weren't wrong.

Are you saying the old manuscripts were not wrong, or that the people who refused to use printed books were not wrong?

> But "something vaguely similar to this"-type of argument

Can you please clarify? Are you saying I made some sort of argument comparing printed books to hand-written manuscripts?

> But "something vaguely similar to this"-type of argument is fallacious nonsense in the first place.

Because I do not understand what that argument is, I can not know if it is correct or fallacious.

I look forward to any clarification. I like learning that I was previously wrong.




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