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GP is not appealing to authority, he/she is advising caution based on the fact that HN is not largely made up of medical professionals.
by p_j_w 3y ago
GP is not appealing to authority, he/she is advising caution based on the fact that HN is not largely made up of medical professionals.
- pgt 3y agoThat is an appeal to authority.
- BizarroLand 3y agoYou're wrong
- danaris 3y ago"Someone who has gone through years of medical school to get a degree is more likely to be correct on matters concerning medicine than someone who has not" is not an appeal to authority.
- hnaccount141 3y agoAdvising against blind trust in non-experts' statements doesn't imply a recommendation to blindly trust experts' statements.