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It seems to me...

Given Lee Jones's assumptions, he is correct.

Sklansky is attacking Lee Jones's assumptions more than conclusions he has made based on Jones assumptions (This would make Sklansky's argument a straw man fallacy)

Lee Jones assumptions appear incredibly unrealistic.

Lee Jones also made a straw man argument because he didn't consider Dan's advice in context and is really arguing about slightly different (but discernably so) situations.

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To paraphrase (aristotle I think, but then again I could be totally FOS), 'If the assumptions are wrong, the conclusions do not follow.'