Vladimir_M comments on Take heed, for it is a trap - Less Wrong

47 Post author: Zed 14 August 2011 10:23AM

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Comment author: Vladimir_M 14 August 2011 07:29:12PM *  7 points [-]

argument ad populum

I think a more correct term in this context would be argumentum ad verecundiam. It's about arguing based on the opinion of a small number of authoritative people, not the general public.