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That's an appeal to authority. Pruitt's background is no more a measure of his qualifications to be a scientist than Michael Faraday's were. We judge science b
by valuearb 10y ago
That's an appeal to authority. Pruitt's background is no more a measure of his qualifications to be a scientist than Michael Faraday's were.
We judge science based on testable theories and results, and the quality of the work done to make those results trustworthy. Pruitt may heavily flunk that part, but any intelligent person who doesn't can contribute to science, regardless of their background.
- enraged_camel 10y ago>>That's an appeal to authority. Argument from authority is not always fallacious. Please read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority#Structure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority#Struct... I posit that the argument I made uses the valid form: people who are established authorities on a given topic are more trustworthy when making claims about that topic, because they are more likely to be correct. Pruitt himself has proven the opposite to be true as well by being repeatedly wrong about science and rejecting scientifically established facts.