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To be fair, this is also illogical, at least in a literal sense. It’s the Appeal to Authority fallacy. The reputation of the speaker doesn’t necessarily confirm
by zarathustreal 3y ago
To be fair, this is also illogical, at least in a literal sense. It’s the Appeal to Authority fallacy. The reputation of the speaker doesn’t necessarily confirm or deny an assertion they make.
Granted, most people tend to use some combination of both logic and heuristics in practice to determine their own understanding of the truth, perceived reputation being a fairly common one.
- BlueTemplar 3y agoSure, but so is listening to doctors(' websites). That's why there's a LOT of checks and balances around who gets to claim to be a doctor !
- tsimionescu 3y ago> To be fair, this is also illogical, at least in a literal sense Mostly in the same sense as arguments from induction are "illogical". Appeal to authority is essentially an inductive argument, and those are just as logical. Of course, they deal in probabilities rather than certainty, unlike deduction, but that doesn't make them illogical.
- zarathustreal 3y agoIt does make it illogical, in the same way that “dealing in probabilities” makes many other things illogical. Like, for example, crime statistics.
- tsimionescu 3y agoAll of physics, and science in general, is based on arguments from induction. If you want to call that illogical too, then, fair enough.