Appeal to authority is referencing the position of some authority rather than an argument

No

he still doesn't get it

It has to be a false authority

If you have an argument and sources and then you mention that you have a degree I don't see the issue with that

It doesn't make your statement true

But it makes it more reliable

why is having a degree relevant

Or if someone uses it just to say, "I have a degree in this, therefore you're wrong(when in fact they are wrong about the subject at hand"

doesnt make your statement more or less true than someone who just googles what you said

That's why I dnt say dat shit

I see an issue when retards on Tunglr.hell say shit like "I have a degree and you're wrong" and that's their whole argument

Like most logical fallacies it's typically used to shut down an argument rather than actually debate it

Like ad hominems

Ad hom is misunderstood like that as well

are yall niggas arguing about arguing

Yes

wow

You obtain a degree by going to school, learning stuff, proving that you learned it and remember it in a test. Therefore, the degree is what you use to show that you most definitely know the topic.

To say because someone doesn’t have a degree would not mean they don’t know it simply because they don’t have it, it just means you’d have to get to know the person before you knew that they knew their way around the topic.

It is a fallacy to say “I have a degree therefore I am right,” it is not a fallacy to say “I went to school, learned that this was the case, got this diploma to prove it, and thus, for sure, I know how to reach [this] conclusion.”

And then demonstrate the conclusion.

This is so meta

Tldr

No

Can you draw a picture instead

No

Ok tldr

No

My guinea pig so cute

READ IT

It doesn't have to be a false authority

I just demonstrated that there are situations when someone uses legitimate authority as an Appeal to Authority

scroll up

Nigga

Go to reddit and read a cute little fallacy chart

U hard headed af

"I read one article about logical fallacies so now I act like I understand what they mean"

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Isn’t that an appeal to authority right there?

I'm correct because I'm a doctor =/= I'm a doctor so I can tell you x

Okay yeah

I agree with that

That would be the TL;DR of my statement.