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Which is silly because that's not what an appeal to authority is. Appeal to authority is defending/supporting an argument by citing the authority of the person
by KennyBlanken 4y ago
Which is silly because that's not what an appeal to authority is.
Appeal to authority is defending/supporting an argument by citing the authority of the person presenting it.
It's not the inclination people have to take at face value information of low-consequence/importance because it's within the field of the speaker's expertise.