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Originally Posted by Henry Fool
It's perfectly logical to show the flaw in a statement by following its logic to its absurd conclusion.
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It's perfectly illogical to try to show such a flaw by drawing an absurd and caricatured conclusion that the logic does not support.
It's quite logical to say that a 2nd-round pick has poor odds of becoming an NHL player, and therefore trading one for a young NHLer is a good bet if you can do it. This is to assess the value of the pick, and say that it is less than the value of that kind of player.
It is an illogical leap to say that the pick should always be traded away. Saying that X < Y does not entail that X = 0.