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To: Cyberman
Some anonymous "lurkers support me in e-mail" anecdote, stacked up against pretty much the entire tech industry (which has lined up behind Apple's side of the issue)?

Pathetic.

Maybe so, but unless I see evidence to the contrary, i'll still trust his opinion more than that of the entire Gleichschaltung stampeded herd of the tech-industry. (Mostly located in Apple country)

Also your argument is a fallacy of the form "argumentum ad populum". It's basically saying that the guy in the picture I previously posted is wrong because everyone else disagrees with him.

332 posted on 03/02/2016 7:57:58 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

No, my argument was a form of “argument from authority”. It is not always reliable (particularly if the “authority” is an expert on the wrong subject for the case at hand), but it’s generally a good guide if you stay alert for the pitfalls.


335 posted on 03/02/2016 8:04:29 AM PST by Cyberman
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To: DiogenesLamp; Cyberman; palmer; SteveH; itsahoot; IncPen; Protect the Bill of Rights; JimSEA; ...
Also your argument is a fallacy of the form "argumentum ad populum". It's basically saying that the guy in the picture I previously posted is wrong because everyone else disagrees with him.

When the population that disagrees with him is composed of EXPERTS in their fields, yeah, it's not argumentum ad populum." That's fallacy assumes the populum is IGNORANT and following based on the crowd's momentum. It does not assume that they do so because of their expertise. Again, your presentation of an anonymous anecdotal claim does NOT trump expert claims of people who are willing to stand up and sign their letters of opposition or testify before a tribunal, even under oath. There's a big difference from your guy on a telephone talking to you under conditions of anonymity.

372 posted on 03/02/2016 6:56:04 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue..)
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