Argument from Absence of Precedent
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The reasoning that if an idea or system has never been adopted by any country, it may be fundamentally unworldly or utopian; Roberts counters that national non-adoption tells you nothing about an idea's merit because nations don't make decisions the way individuals choose products.
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