Argument from authority is not logically valid but the data transferred in such a manner may be veridical or veriferous.
And this applies just as much to a T.A.'s frustrated hand-waving when asked about a derivation of the difference between heat capacity at constant pressure vs. constant volume, as it does to a frantic parent warning a child to get out of traffic, as it does to religion.
The scientific method is good for minimizing false positives, but it does so at the cost of allowing false negatives.
Cheers!
Why do I have the distinct impression I am being baited into another useless round of thinly veiled insults and sermonizing ?
Just wake up from a prolonged slumber, whiskers ?
This thread sorta died out a long time ago, for me, when the insults and sermons so completely masked out any reasoned discussion.
“You are suffering from a truncated metaphysic.
Argument from authority is not logically valid but the data transferred in such a manner may be veridical ( of or relating to revelations in dreams, hallucinations, etc., that appear to be confirmed by subsequent events ) or veriferous ( ??? Haven’t found this’n yet ).”
If I had ANY idea what this wordstream is actually intended to convey, I MIGHT attempt to respond.
Since I don’t ... I won’t.
Invitation to a pointless waste of time — declined.
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21stCenturion