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RE: NAPathy, Democracy, and Alliances... A Morning Mental Adventure

in #philosophy8 years ago

jejeje completely of according to you.
I do not know why they have given authority to a dictionary to say whether or not a set of letters is a word. I do not know where they get that .-.

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They get it using an "Argument of Authority" fallacy. This technique is used against us often. So and So says this is true, so it must be.

That is a logical fallacy.

Now that doesn't mean it may not be true. If the person really knows that subject then there is a higher probability of it being true, yet there is also a slim chance that it is not.

So a wise person will still listen to experts and make decisions based upon probabilities. Yet there is no MUST be true due to the authority of a person or persons. There is a HIGHLY LIKELY to be true in many cases. Or TRUE as far as we currently know. :)