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PoeticVengeance
That's entirely different from depending on tradition alone to make your argument, so why are discussing the nature of Appeal to Tradition if you aren't using it?
Beats the hell outta me.
*shrug*
I blame Gaia.
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Not strong enough to work on its own.
Except you are wrong. You accept appeals to authority all the time.
Oh?
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For example, when's the last time you questioned your doctor?
All the time. I generally want her assertions to be explained and supported. It helps that I know of biology and that I like to have a good knowledge of my body.
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Or when is the last time you questioned me on what is and is not a fallacy?
I've questioned you over and over again.
lol, in fact I'm pretty sure I demanded you establish that a fallacy had been committed each time you said one had.
I've disputed viritually all of your attempts to establish them to.
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Or when is the last time that you've questioned Steven Hawking on physics?
I haven't questioned him personally, but I have questioned his theories and checked them versus other material.
One authority by itself is never enough. Or maybe you are merely not curious enough.
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The answer should be "never."
Oh really? You put too much weight on authority. One should always question the information, even if its from a trusted source or an authoritive source.
Its what allows mistakes to be caught.
Are you aware of the peer review system?
Within science, all scientists (no matter what field) publish their findings from experiments and subject them to a vigorous pounding by every other scientist available to deliver it.
No matter how respected you are, how much authority you have, you still subject your work to the same beatings.
Other scientists test it, running the same experiments, tearing at the logic, and debating whether it works.
Even if the name on the top of the article is Steven Hawking.
Respecting authority is fine, and it will boost ones argument a little (only if said authority can be established) but no way in hell is it enough to make an argument by itself.
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Doctors spend years in Med School for that s**t,
And they ******** up just as much as any human.
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Steven Hawking is a qualified physicist (from what I understand),
Who is still subjected to peer review and still makes mistakes.
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and I aced an introductory level logic class dealing with particularly that subject matter.
Prove it.
But even if you can prove that you have strong capability with logic, fallacies, discrete math, and reasoning I will still dispute everything you say if I don't agree with it.
No matter how much authority you claim, I will question you. No matter how much authority the church claims I will question it.
Without such questioning, any and all mistakes will go unnoticed. And that's why appeals to authority are very dangerous when used by themselves.
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It is obvious that you have no idea what you are talking about. You are spouting nonsense.
Stating its obvious does not actually prove anything.
Take the material I have stated then run through each flaw and explain how combined they make me clueless about this subject.
Obviously, if you keep dealing in abstracts and pretending that its "obvious" without establishing anything, you'll force me to conclude that you lack any proof at all and are merely being a jackass for no reason.
Baseless accusations make baby Jesus cry.