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		zaarn on Nov 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Super-precise new CRISPR tool could tackle a pleth... Correct but nobody has proved that new yorkers don't have a common mutation that forces them to live in that city.

jacquesm on Nov 6, 2019 [–]

You don't need to prove nonsense. You also can't prove the absence of nonsense.

zaarn on Nov 6, 2019 | [–]

Correct, but I can substitute potentially offensive or offputting labels with nonsense to get a point across.

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