(August 1, 2018 at 12:02 pm)Tizheruk Wrote:Quote:I asked you why. It seems that you don't know. Appealing to authority, or popularity is fallacious, because those in authority, or even a large group of people, can believe something for bad reasons. As I said before, if you have good reason for me to change my view, then please present it.All bullshit you have him by the balls Jehanne he's wriggling
LOL - Her main argument seems to be, that you should blindly follow the scholarly consensus (although it may seem only when it agrees with her bias).
However Carrier is far from the mainstream consensus. Which puts yourself and Min shit out of luck as well. I'm at least willing to listen to the reasons, and weigh them before deciding that Carrier is a bad historian. With Jeahnne he loses out a priori.
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If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther