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AF Hall of Fallacies
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RE: AF Hall of Fallacies
The appeal to authority doesn't really work at any level when trying to establish absolute truth. I could just as easily lie about the ethics of hacking as Rayaan could do some good research and write an accurate essay on the subject.

Appeal to authority seems to me to be a fallacy when you are trying to make absolute truth claims, but if all you are trying to do is establish trust in a claim, then it's fine. Saying "Tiberius is a hacker so what he says about hacking is true" is a clear fallacy. Saying "Tiberius is a hacker so he likely knows more about hacking than Rayaan" isn't.
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AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 22, 2013 at 7:57 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by festive1 - May 22, 2013 at 8:24 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 22, 2013 at 8:28 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Tonus - May 22, 2013 at 9:03 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 22, 2013 at 9:42 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 22, 2013 at 10:14 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 23, 2013 at 2:34 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Darth - May 22, 2013 at 11:32 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 22, 2013 at 11:53 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 23, 2013 at 2:22 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 23, 2013 at 2:26 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 23, 2013 at 3:50 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 23, 2013 at 3:57 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by CapnAwesome - May 26, 2013 at 9:51 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 26, 2013 at 10:06 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by CapnAwesome - May 26, 2013 at 10:14 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 26, 2013 at 11:47 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by CapnAwesome - May 27, 2013 at 11:51 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 28, 2013 at 2:09 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Whateverist - May 28, 2013 at 3:59 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by fr0d0 - June 1, 2013 at 5:35 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by shep - February 23, 2014 at 9:21 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by H.sapiens - March 26, 2016 at 4:49 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Athene - March 26, 2016 at 5:17 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 23, 2013 at 3:10 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by One Above All - May 23, 2013 at 4:01 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 23, 2013 at 4:24 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by One Above All - May 23, 2013 at 4:28 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 23, 2013 at 4:34 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 23, 2013 at 5:51 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 23, 2013 at 6:07 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 23, 2013 at 7:03 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 23, 2013 at 7:03 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 23, 2013 at 7:23 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by One Above All - May 23, 2013 at 4:50 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 23, 2013 at 7:08 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Neo-Scholastic - May 23, 2013 at 7:50 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by catfish - May 23, 2013 at 9:14 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by fr0d0 - May 24, 2013 at 10:43 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Mister Agenda - May 24, 2013 at 12:46 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 24, 2013 at 1:41 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Tiberius - May 24, 2013 at 3:11 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Angrboda - May 24, 2013 at 3:16 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 24, 2013 at 9:51 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 28, 2013 at 2:01 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 24, 2013 at 4:46 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by fr0d0 - May 24, 2013 at 6:35 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by The Grand Nudger - May 24, 2013 at 6:53 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by fr0d0 - May 24, 2013 at 7:23 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by The Grand Nudger - May 24, 2013 at 7:24 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 24, 2013 at 9:48 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 24, 2013 at 11:03 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by KichigaiNeko - May 24, 2013 at 11:56 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Angrboda - May 25, 2013 at 8:37 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 25, 2013 at 10:11 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 25, 2013 at 10:54 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 26, 2013 at 5:44 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 28, 2013 at 3:53 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 29, 2013 at 11:14 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Gilgamesh - May 26, 2013 at 5:53 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 26, 2013 at 8:21 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 26, 2013 at 8:24 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 26, 2013 at 9:29 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by ideologue08 - May 26, 2013 at 9:34 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Minimalist - May 28, 2013 at 2:05 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Mister Agenda - May 28, 2013 at 5:03 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 28, 2013 at 5:18 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Mister Agenda - June 3, 2013 at 5:00 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - June 5, 2013 at 6:45 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 30, 2013 at 4:41 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - June 3, 2013 at 2:41 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Tiberius - June 1, 2013 at 8:13 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - June 3, 2013 at 4:52 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Faith No More - June 1, 2013 at 8:18 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Tkcjpii - October 27, 2013 at 8:56 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Faith No More - October 27, 2013 at 9:01 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Doubting Thomas - October 28, 2013 at 9:00 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by The Reality Salesman - October 28, 2013 at 9:17 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by downbeatplumb - October 28, 2013 at 2:44 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by bennyboy - October 28, 2013 at 8:49 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by EgoRaptor - February 23, 2014 at 9:33 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Angrboda - February 23, 2014 at 9:59 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - February 25, 2014 at 4:09 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rhondazvous - April 17, 2015 at 2:32 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by vorlon13 - April 17, 2015 at 2:54 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by LastPoet - April 17, 2015 at 3:46 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by CapnAwesome - April 19, 2015 at 11:00 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Edwardo Piet - May 4, 2015 at 2:46 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by LastPoet - March 26, 2016 at 5:20 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Soldat Du Christ - October 23, 2016 at 1:58 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Tonus - December 9, 2016 at 1:43 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by downbeatplumb - December 9, 2016 at 1:53 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Thumpalumpacus - December 9, 2016 at 3:21 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Astonished - January 4, 2017 at 12:01 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by robvalue - January 4, 2017 at 12:43 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Thumpalumpacus - January 4, 2017 at 12:48 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by robvalue - January 4, 2017 at 12:49 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Astonished - January 4, 2017 at 1:38 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by robvalue - January 4, 2017 at 2:03 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Astonished - January 4, 2017 at 2:06 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by robvalue - January 4, 2017 at 2:08 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Astonished - January 4, 2017 at 2:13 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Thumpalumpacus - January 4, 2017 at 8:46 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by robvalue - January 4, 2017 at 2:18 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Astonished - January 4, 2017 at 2:35 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2017 at 6:43 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by The Grand Nudger - January 12, 2017 at 5:44 pm

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