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lamonadetoday at 3:13 PM1 replyview on HN

(anecdotally) proving their point that pay walling something doesn't mean people will pay for it. Buying the book would have been hypocritical.


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jake200today at 4:51 PM

This whole thread does have me questioning my understanding of cited sources behind paywalls.

A contrived example I have in my head "My friend has more definitive proof in HIS book that <claim>, it only costs $1 trillion. Go read it yourself." For this particular thread its a bit disingenuous, but in a general case how does one go about understanding / disproving arguments made like this?