I am curious have you ever taken any philosophy classes? > Well, it depends on how you define correct or better. If you value tradition and see conformance to

I am curious have you ever taken any philosophy classes? > Well, it depends on how you define correct or better. If you value tradition and see conformance to it as the most important metric, then X is indeed better for you. This is a common response when people first hear/read about "appeals to tradition." So common that that linked web page deals with this response: Obviously, age does have a bearing in some contexts. For example, if a person concluded that aged wine would be better than brand new wine, he would not be committing an Appeal to Tradition. This is because, in such cases the age of the thing is relevant to its quality. Thus, the fallacy is committed only when the age is not, in and of itself, relevant to the claim. Just for completeness, the following is from rationalwiki has the following to say about your beloved "scotchman": "Broadly speaking, the fallacy does not apply if there is a clear and well understood definition of what membership in a group requires and it is that definition which is broken (e.g., "no honest man would lie like that!", "no Christian would worship Satan!" and so on). "[1] [1] http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/No_True_Scotsman http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/No_True_Scotsman