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		jleard on March 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax ... You're employing a logical fallacy (argumentum ad metum). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_fear

coob on March 26, 2013 [–]

It's almost as though life is based on the balance of probability rather than existing in a Vulcan logic simulation.

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