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really? conditional on them actually being neurosurgeon, I'd place a lot more stock on it than on a random headline based on their authority alone. So I, for on
by ajkjk 2mo ago
really? conditional on them actually being neurosurgeon, I'd place a lot more stock on it than on a random headline based on their authority alone. So I, for one, care.
Argument from authority is a bad thing specifically when it's used to make incorrect claims on the basis of authority. But authority as a concept still has plenty of merit.
- pixl97 2mo ago[flagged]
- elendilm 2mo agoLOL. Hilarious
- someguynamedq 2mo agoAuthority is a heuristic for which claims are worthy of investigation, not determining their truth
- elendilm 2mo agoAlways be suspicious of people who don't atleast give us even a single valid sentence to construct the chain of thought that would lead to their negation or assertion. An authority claim by virtue of itself is not worth investigating. Science doesn't work that way. Math doesn't work that way.
- ajkjk 2mo agoyeah, basically what I said.
- elendilm 2mo ago> Argument from authority is a bad thing specifically when it's used to make incorrect claims on the basis of authority. Exactly. Thank you. > I'd place a lot more stock on it than on a random headline based on their authority alone. So I, for one, care. I would leave you to contemplate the meaning of what you yourself wrote.
- ajkjk 2mo agoDon't follow. But you omitted the 'conditional on' part so I'm not sure you did either?