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> Why would I even read a science article from 'The Rolling Stone' and presume there is any validity to it? You can read the article (which you clearly haven't
by drewblaisdell 13y ago
> Why would I even read a science article from 'The Rolling Stone' and presume there is any validity to it?
You can read the article (which you clearly haven't done) and answer this question yourself.
- mbell 13y agoYes, I read it. How exactly do you expect me to determine the validity of the words in the article? Please tell me you don't simply believe them to be factual based on their articulate organization. If you do, there is no hope for this conversation.
- dasil003 13y agoI see, so appeal to authority is your primary means of a qualifying truthiness?
- mbell 13y agoI expect an appeal to data to qualify my determination of truthiness, which the article lacks. That is, after all, the way of science.
- woah 13y agoThen how does the authority even come into it? Why didn't you make this your first comment?
- snowwrestler 13y agoAppeal to authority is only a fallacy when the authority is fallacious. Let's ask Linus Torvalds and me a question about the architecture of git. Whose answer would you trust more?
- moocowduckquack 13y agoTo start with, you could look up the scientist mentioned, read their work and then cross reference it against other published research.