Message from @April
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I'm interested
@Citizen Z you made a positive claim, I want to see how you go about proving it
Test it
You have optical measurements that precise? lmao
Earth is round
Debate settled
Show me that it's wrong. I have no reason not to believe it. Its verifiable
Unlike the globe
Globe has been observed flat earth hasn't
Did you?
@Citizen Z So, hold on a second, when people who disagree with you post primary sources from scientists you presume they're part of a government conspiracy but when you find Wikipedia articles that proport science-sounding facts they're gospel.
Why are some scientists' claims valid and others not?
Gtg for a bit.
@Citizen Z Right, so we can trust medical science now? Are *you* going to tell *me* that vaccines don't cause autism like medical science says?
This form of reasoning is extremely ad-hoc.
@vazorium I never claimed vaccines cause autism. However it's possible there is a correlation.
@Citizen Z Medical science says vaccines definitely do not cause autism. Again, ad-hoc reasoning.
The onset of symptoms of autism is around the same time vaccines are given. That's all
@vazorium ok. Your opinion based off a belief. See how that works...
It's like trying to say going to hospitals makes you sick
You didn't go to the hospital and then got sick. You were sick prior to going
@Citizen Z my "opinion" on the matter of the shape of the Earth is based on facts as stated by experts, something you are willing to do, blindly, for the anomy of the eye. if the former can be dismissed because of allegations of conspiracy, why is there no suspicion of conspiracy when it comes to human anatomy?
Not an argument
There's definitely medical conspiracies but this ain't one
@Citizen Z Appeal to authority is a valid argument, and something you will use in regards to the anatomy of the eye. Also, prove Appeal to Authority is a fallacy.
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Seriously gtg now. Look it up.
@Citizen Z Emojis aren't arguments. Where did you learn appeal to authority is a fallacy?
Further, if appeal to authority is a fallacy, then you can't claim to know facts about the eye.
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Appeal to authority is when you assume that just because someone is an authority they're right
Authorities can be wrong. That's the whole point of conspiracy theories
@April at 7:36 PM
*"Appeal to authority is when you assume that just because someone is an authority they're right"*
And? Citing facts as discovered by the experts is not a fallacy.
By default, there's no reason *not to* assume a given authority of a subject matter is wrong about said subject matter. You'd have to prove the authority is wrong.
And saying "Oh they're paid by the government." isn't proof of this.
Now, if the authority is *invalid*, say taking a layman's opinion and using it as a source, I would agree that's a fallacious argument.