(March 24, 2013 at 5:10 pm)jstrodel Wrote:(March 24, 2013 at 5:04 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Gotta be the first time I've seen someone try to use a argumentum ad populum to justify an argument from authority.
You mean, something like this:
"95% of scientists in biological sciences, which is probably tens of thousands of scientists accept evolutionary theory"
That would be a non-fallacious argument from authority (biologists would be the correct people to consult on a question of biology).
Holding up a chemist as your authority (as you did) is fallacious.
Try again.
