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Appeal to authority is considered a courtesy nowadays? Fascinating. Like the previous commenter points out, actual lawyers are quite clear that their statement
by randomdata 2y ago
Appeal to authority is considered a courtesy nowadays? Fascinating.
Like the previous commenter points out, actual lawyers are quite clear that their statements in this kind of non-professional capacity hold no more weight than any other random Joe. There is no situation of authority. IANAL/IAAL may have once been a funny meme – albeit one quite tired at this point – but doesn't add anything, and may be a detractor if one falls prey to the logically fallacy it potentially introduces.
- PawgerZ 2y agoDefering to an Expert =/= Appealing to Authority
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- randomdata 2y agoConcluding that a statement holds greater significance because it was stated by an expert === appeal to authority. The person is irrelevant. Just as lawyers regularly point out, their work done outside of a professional context is no different than work done by anyone else. Their expertise is only significant in that when work is done in a professional context they promise to go over and above to put in the proper care to ensure that the work stands up to scrutiny. But even then the work must stand alone! They cannot just throw down whatever gobbledygook and call it something notable just because they are acting as a lawyer. The person is irrelevant. As before, it used to be a funny meme – albeit one that has become tired – but there is no significance to it. Who the person is tells absolutely nothing about the rest of the comment.
- lolinder 2y ago> Just as lawyers regularly point out, their work done outside of a professional context is no different than work done by anyone else. This is not at all what "I'm not your lawyer" means—that's a disclaimer to say that they're not taking legal liability for their advice to you because you're not paying them. They're still far more qualified than I am to talk about law in the abstract and dismissing that as "appeal to authority" is a false appeal to egalitarianism.
- randomdata 2y ago> They're still far more qualified than I am to talk about law in the abstract While they have the capacity to be more qualified to talk about the law, that does not imply that they will choose to exercise those qualifications. Lawyers can be trolls just like everyone else. The work must stand on its own. If it is of high quality, then it is of high quality. It does not matter who wrote it. If an infinite number of monkeys wrote it, it is still of equal value. The person is irrelevant.
- PawgerZ 2y agoI don't think they understand what appeal to authority means. Better to just let it go.
- randomdata 2y agoWhere is the fun in that?
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