Quote:Stroodles, an argument solely ( AND I MEAN SOLELY) based upon appeal to authority is unsound by it's nature.
No, it isn't, it is a statistical syllogism. Why can't you accept that it is a statistical syllogism? It is a formally valid argument, the issue is whether the authority is valid, then the argument fails BASED ON THE PREMISES, not based on this nonsense psuedo-intellectual garbage you are posting about it being "unsound by its nature"