loup-vaillant comments on The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world? - LessWrong
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The point of the argument from authority here is to catch the opponent's attention. If he goes as far as looking up who registered the domain, we can be confident he has read the article as well. The argument from authority won't work any more, but we don't care: it has served its purpose.