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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Most of us trust the Nobel Prize to be a mostly-neutral arbiter of excellence in various fields. That mean
by beat 8y ago
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Most of us trust the Nobel Prize to be a mostly-neutral arbiter of excellence in various fields. That means it is not the worst kind of appeal to authority, but rather the best - referencing a well-known and widely trusted source.
Can you give us a reason we shouldn't trust it in the general case, since your claim extends to the general, not the specific?
- 77pt77 8y ago> Most of us trust the Nobel Prize to be a mostly-neutral arbiter of excellence in various fields. Even if that were true, there is no Nobel Prize in Economics. It's a completely different prize, given by a different institution, that was associated much later with the Noble prizes.