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To: SmartCitizen

"You are merely engaging in the fallacy of appeal to authority. FALLACY."

Dr. Smith: "Well, Mr. Johnson, we run a number of tests and I'm sorry to say that you have cancer."

Police Chief Brown: "We have specific and credible evidence that our transit system is being targeted by terrorists."

Rev. Jones: "All the answers to the mysteries of life can be found in one place, and one place only."

Question: Which authority do you believe and why?


217 posted on 10/08/2005 8:59:44 AM PDT by stormer (Get your bachelors, masters, or doctorate now at home in your spare time!)
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To: stormer

Appeal to authority is a fallacy. Don't argue with me - argue with the rules of logical reasoning. It's well-known. A proposition is not true because a group of people say it is. Therefore, it matters little that 100 scientists say evolution is true, while 10 others say it isn't. Only the objective validity of the evidence matters, and that becomes a muddled arena since there is no such thing as an OBJECTIVE observer or scientist. They all look at evidence through the lens of their philosophical presuppositions. However, it seems that Anthony Flew (one of the most renowned atheists in the world) has cast aside some of his presuppositions in light of some powerful evidence for intelligent design. But then, he's an idiot isn't he? :)


223 posted on 10/08/2005 9:04:46 AM PDT by SmartCitizen
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