Jack comments on Logical fallacy poster - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Utopiah 20 April 2012 02:07PM

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Comment author: Jack 23 April 2012 02:32:24PM 0 points [-]

I agree the poster is wrong. Appeals to authority can also be non-fallacious but of very weak inductive strength: for example, when the authority holds the minority opinion for her field. They are also fallacious as deductive arguments.