Reply #19: True, but that's still an argument from authority.

[Ian David]

Without the testimony from that expert though, I would have given odds 60/40 against.

His analysis boosts it up to 50% in my mind.

I imagine that if we find out this story is true, we'll see that it was a last-minute act of desperation.

I can see George and Karl alone in the bathroom with a roll of ducktape trying to figure out how to get him wired an hour or two before the debate.

"Damn it, Karl. I can't remember all this stuff. It's hard. It's hard work. And if I take another Valium, I'll just piss my pants."