AF Hall of Fallacies

[Rayaan]

Okay... Regardless of how accurate or inaccurate any authority is in what they say on any subject: their saying X is so does not make X so. The argument IS EQUALLY VALID (by logic) to an identical argument made by ANYONE else. That is to say: the position of any person has no bearing upon an argument they make being sound or not, valid or not...

I agree with you that, by logic, an argument is equally valid (or invalid) no matter who made that particular argument.

That being said, one aspect that comes to my mind is the issue of knowledge and trustability: It's natural for us to think that a person who has an abundant amount of knowledge and experience on a subject (such as photography, for example) is more likely to be right in regards to something that he said about the field of study that he is qualified in, although not necessarily, because that would be a fallacy.

In other words, what I'm saying is that we tend to trust them (the authorities) more than others on subject X because of their greater knowledge of that subject.

Is that unreasonable?

Suppose that you had to choose between me and Tiberius to give us the task of writing an essay on a specific question about the ethics of hacking. Or about something is related to hacking. Who would you honestly think is most likely going to be correct/reasonable in their arguments?

Or, imagine that you are experiencing some kind of an abnormal and uncomfortable feeling in your heart every now and then. Who would you go to for advice? And why?

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Hehe, speed is of the essence?

Not always ... sometimes the slow and steady wins the race.