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Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable?

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Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable?
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RE: Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable?
April 26, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Depends on the "authority" Tea.

For example, when Neil De Grasse Tyson discusses the Big Bang he has a degree of credibility as he has spent a large part of his life studying the evidence for it.


When Ken Ham talks discusses it he can safely be dismissed as he has wasted a large part of his life reading the fucking bible.


This does not stop creationist fucktards from quoting Ham but what do you expect from the likes of them?
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Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable?

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RE: Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable? - by Tiberius - April 26, 2012 at 12:43 pm
RE: Is Appeal to Authority Ever Acceptable? - by Minimalist - April 26, 2012 at 12:52 pm

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