[SmartCitizen]

Appealing to authority is not always a fallacy either

. Who says? You? Another appeal to authority - yourself this time. Again, don't argue with me -argue with the long-established rules of logic. You committed a logical fallacy.

Don't you get it? Only the evidence counts. Nothing else.

[Ichneumon]

Don't you get it? Only the evidence counts. Nothing else.

Okay, then what *does* the evidence say?

[bobdsmith]

Who says? You? Another appeal to authority - yourself this time. Again, don't argue with me -argue with the long-established rules of logic. You committed a logical fallacy.

I can play this absurd game too:

You just commited an appeal to authority by claiming the "long-established rules of logic" are an authority.

Don't you get it? Only the evidence counts. Nothing else.

And the people who review the evidence and are experts in the field do have an authority in the matter, and using that authority is not a fallacy. Is the president commiting a fallacy by relying on advisors?