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Original Question
I keep seeing people make claims that something is impossible, then they attempt to support their claim by asking a series of questions "how did X happen?" " how do you explain Y?" "where did Z come from?".

Is this just an example of an argument from ignorance, or something else?

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I think it is a clear argument from ignorance .
So, asking a clarifying question is being ignorant? Shouldn’t the person making the claim of possible be expected to defend their position?
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