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		gtowey 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's st... A lot of people seem to think my statement is a tautology, but it's not. It's exactly my point that not every material is good for its use. Even ones used in the overwhelming majority of cases -- like leaded gasoline. The ensuing environmental disaster shows it was exactly the wrong choice of material to solve the problem.

msla 87 days ago [–]

"It must be good because people use it" is not a good argument.

Even if people use that argument quite a bit.

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