I tutored in philosophy and logic in college, so don't try to lecture me about "all logical fallacies are non-sequiturs." What you were mistaking for an Appeal to Authority is the Appeal to Popularity. Not the same. It was once the popular opinion that the Earth was flat. That did not make it true. An Appeal to Authority is "But Columbus says the Earth is Round!" but Columbus never circumnavigate the globe. He was actually mistaken because he never got to the Orient, the East, which is what he claimed he could do by sailing West. So Appealing to the Authority of Columbus as an Authority, which indeed he was as a navigator, was a fallacy, because, in this case, he truly was not, because he really did not know.
These types of fallacies are all basically irrelevancies.
Star Traveler may have been partaking of the Band Wagon Fallacy. . . that just because a lot of people are joining in, and liking it, therefore it is true and you should believe it, too. It may or may not be true, but it is still a logical fallacy.
I don't think you would know what innovative was if it bit you on the ass.
And you said "iPod" not "iPad.
>>tutored in philosophy and logic in college, so don’t try to lecture me about “all logical fallacies are non-sequiturs.” What you were mistaking for an Appeal to Authority is the Appeal to Popularity.<<
So... you appeal to YOURSELF as authority?
>>These types of fallacies are all basically irrelevancies.<<
Agreed. Also irrelevant to my thesis (which you conveniently avoid).
>>Star Traveler may have been partaking of the Band Wagon Fallacy. . . that just because a lot of people are joining in, and liking it, therefore it is true and you should believe it, too. It may or may not be true, but it is still a logical fallacy.<<
Agreed.
>>I don’t think you would know what innovative was if it bit you on the ass.<<
By your own definition, that statement is a non sequitier.
>>And you said “iPod” not “iPad.<<
The thread is long and the night is late. Both iPod and iPad were good innovations, as was the iPhone.
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