Reply to post: Re: OK, stupid question time

Supercomputer pinpoints exact origin of 'Black Beauty' meteorite from Mars

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Re: OK, stupid question time

> I call this the "I'm not an expert but I reckon" fallacy.

Which is closely related to the "But have they allowed for X?" comment, where X is usually blindingly obvious but, somehow, they think they have thought of something the scientists involved have missed.

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