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I can link to people who’ve worked their whole life on various fields of Physics who still talk about perpetual motion. I am not saying he is wrong in this spec
by kergonath 3y ago
I can link to people who’ve worked their whole life on various fields of Physics who still talk about perpetual motion. I am not saying he is wrong in this specific case, but an appeal to authority is not very convincing.
- n4r9 3y agoI've given your comment quite a lot of thought over the last few days. Maybe too much. At first I was inclined to agree with you that this is an appeal to authority, with the caveat that such appeals do not always constitute a fallacy. For example, if we both agreed that such a Gisin is an expert whose opinion on this topic can be trusted, then his statements are valid evidence for one way or another. But then I realised that the very claim being challenged is whether Gisin knows what he's talking about. Floating his credentials and experience feels like a valid contribution. For what it's worth, back in my PhD days I read several of his papers and saw a couple of his talks at conferences, and can confirm he's one of the leading researchers in the field and is particularly thoughtful and careful in his work.