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		dctoedt on Jan 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs > Show me the evidence that there isn't a giant space walrus on the far side of Neptune. Otherwise we must conclude there is one. That's a nice, more-memorable riff on Russell's Teapot [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot

Waterluvian on Jan 10, 2020 [–]

Thanks for sharing! I knew this was "a thing" but I don't usually know the names of all these logic and philosophy things.

dctoedt on Jan 10, 2020 | [–]

We could call it Blakey's Walrus?

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