Every time some smart arse trots out the whole appeal to authority thing…
… I just want to slap them repeatedly with a fish while reminding them that real life is not a school debating club.
Doctors didn’t get those letters after their names by “proving” chairs don’t exist. Does this wanker call in a plumber when they have a leaky pipe and then try to tell them they don’t know how to fix it?
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jonbob loves you, Sat 5 Feb 2022, 13:13,
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yeah, christ. it's remarkable how often mentioning logical fallacies seems to accompany bad argument by dickwits
The only time one should mention "appeal to authority" is when you subsequently rip off his facemask and say "you see, he's really the groundskeeper from the abandoned amusement park!"
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 6 Feb 2022, 3:57,
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