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Logical Fallacy: Appeal to Authority I would trust a rando more than a journalist these days
by jokethrowaway 4y ago
Logical Fallacy: Appeal to Authority
I would trust a rando more than a journalist these days
- M2Ys4U 4y ago> Logical Fallacy: Appeal to Authority It's putting the source in the proper context.
- ben_w 4y agoEven though I frequently make note of the Gell-Mann amnesia effect, I'd still rate journalists higher than randos.
- nobody9999 4y agoYou might want to check this out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Expertise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Expertise https://www.c-span.org/video/?426290-1/tom-nichols-discusses-the-death-expertise https://www.c-span.org/video/?426290-1/tom-nichols-discusses... Unrelated, but the second link also provides the best definition of fake news I've ever heard.