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> "The theory/hypothesis is fringe, the consensus is " is argument by authority. That is not an argument, so it can't be "argument by authorit

> "The ________ theory/hypothesis is fringe, the consensus is ________" is argument by authority. That is not an argument, so it can't be "argument by authority." It is a framing.

rat9988 6y ago
It is clearly a case of argument by authority.
wnoise 6y ago
It's not an explicit argument. Most arguments people make have lots of implicit steps and subarguments though. This is one of those cases.