Re: Patent junk was Re: open source.

What I am incredulous about is the "it must be true, I read it on the
internet" foundation you have used for your supporting evidence.

Leif Svalgaard wrote:

>From: Hall, Philip <phall@spss.com>
>
>>Chris wrote:
>>
>>>My belief is that nobody, or perhaps a very few somebodies, enters
>>>into a research project or works to build a working model of a
>>>technology for the purpose of filing a patent to stop that technology
>>>from being used.
>>>
>
>Phil, Chris is using "The Argument From Personal Astonishment"
>This is sometimes known as the Argument From Complexity, or the
>Argument From Ignorance, or the Argument From Incredulity.
>
>It has the form:
>I don't understand (or I never heard) how this could happen.
>Therefore it couldn't have.
>
>Maybe it is best to move the discussion to the new patents-junk-list.
>We are way off topic.
>
>Leif
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