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So we're to believe the government without any evidence? That's the classic case of argument from authority.
by maverick_iceman 10y ago
So we're to believe the government without any evidence? That's the classic case of argument from authority.
- matt4077 10y agoJust because "argument from authority" was put on some internet list of biases doesn't mean it can not, at times, serve as a useful heuristic. There's also a difference between "argument from authority" and "argument from a position of known knowledge". Example: radio ad says "Buy milk! We need milk". Will you give it the same credence as your spouse saying the same thing?
- youdounderstand 10y ago"the government" is made up of a shit ton of people. I don't think there's some grand conspiracy involving the intelligence agencies, the Obama administration, and even Republican Senators to make all this up.
- pessimizer 10y agoYou're right. There must be WMD in Iraq.
- youdounderstand 10y agoYou're being intellectually dishonest. You have no way of knowing about correct reports that the intelligence community provides the military on a constant basis.
- jessaustin 10y agoIt's "intellectually dishonest" to doubt the existence and alleged content of material we'll never see? That's Orwellian.
- 3131s 10y agoIntellectually dishonest? You're the one who started this comment chain with the false dichotomy that anyone asking for concrete evidence is either a Russian shill or Trump supporter.