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When somebody cites a source, it's always relevant to point out that it's a bad source. I also found useful this discussion of the topic: https://statmodeling.
by wpietri 5y ago
When somebody cites a source, it's always relevant to point out that it's a bad source.
I also found useful this discussion of the topic: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/03/24/why-we-sleep-a-tale-of-institutional-failure/ https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/03/24/why-we-sle...
- brigandish 5y agoThe source of an argument irrelevant to the soundness of an argument, otherwise it's an example of the genetic fallacy, a form of ad hominem, a fallacy of relevance.
- wpietri 5y agoThat's technically true about argument in some specific contexts. But it isn't in practice true a lot of the time, and is especially irrelevant here when it's not just citing it for an argument, but as proof of the argument.