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> It's no longer a fallacy when the appeal to authority (argument from authority) involves an actual authority. If I have to go google who has written that art
by mkagenius 10y ago
> It's no longer a fallacy when the appeal to authority (argument from authority) involves an actual authority.
If I have to go google who has written that article to blindly believe in it - that certainly reflects poorly on the article itself.
- spdustin 10y agoWhy would you do that? The citations are there for a reason. Several reasons. One of which would be to avoid using the article author's background as part of an argument against the content of the article. Because that would be an ad hominem.