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Why does everything on this site need to be backed up? Am I supposed to take a personal interest in your epistemic state as a matter of charity?

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If you said you had your wallet in your pocket no one would ask you to back it up. If you said you had invented a perpetual motion machine, people would.

Claiming that the C-level executives of a company don't have final say in or control of projects and budgets falls into the second category.

Except that's not what he said. He didn't say that the C-levels didn't have control, just that they don't have to approve everything that you want to do.

"Nullius in verba"

Pretty awesome policy for a discussion board. I know I'm looking forward to the next 10,000 "citation needed" comments!

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