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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 10:44 pm
Today if someone states something without evidence we can always go look it up for ourselves later to make sure it's correct. Straight appeal to authority is never enough unless the person stating it values evidence.
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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 simplexity - April 26, 2012 at 10:44 pm

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