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== Basic Description ==
== Basic Description ==
Using a supposed quote from a "textbook" which a person has on hand to prove a point, usually that whatever is in said textbook is allegedly true and once subscribed to by the scientific community. This is a debate tactic most famously employ by [[Kent Hovind]].
Using a supposed quote from a "textbook" which a person has on hand to prove a point, usually that whatever is in said textbook is allegedly true and once subscribed to by the scientific community. This is a debate tactic most famously employ by [[Kent Hovind]].
Coined by [[HogTieChamp]] in the aftershow of a 2-hour discussion between [[AronRa]] and Kent Hovind.
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Revision as of 20:59, 2 March 2018

Basic Description

Using a supposed quote from a "textbook" which a person has on hand to prove a point, usually that whatever is in said textbook is allegedly true and once subscribed to by the scientific community. This is a debate tactic most famously employ by Kent Hovind.

Coined by HogTieChamp in the aftershow of a 2-hour discussion between AronRa and Kent Hovind.