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Is dismissal rather than refutation intellectual cowardice?

April 26, 2017cowardice dismissal intellectual logic philosophy refutation rhetoric sciences social

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Is dismissal rather than refutation intellectual cowardice?

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Only if that which you are dismissing actually has enough evidence to require refutation. Some theories are very sound and have good amounts of evidence, but are simply refuted by others because they don’t like change. Wheareas some don’t deserve anything better.