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I'm not following your superior intellect Joe. How can I refute something that I do not present?
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Easily. I could present it, you could assume the listener knows it, it could be present in some referenced material, etc.
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For example, my colleague, Joe, says that the world is flat. In defense of his theory, Joe states A, B, and C (it will help if you imagine that A, B, and C are consistent with current accepted science). Well my friends, Joe is not correct. On point A (disprove A), on point B (disprove B), and finally on point C (disprove C).
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But in that case you're only providing support for your own point of view, something you earlier described as something only someone with a weak argument does.