• spiderwort@lemm.eeOP
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    8 months ago

    It isn’t a fallacy. It works pretty good most of the time, it’s easier than doing your own research and it’s how we get 99% of the information in our society.

    • Rimu@piefed.social
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      8 months ago

      It’s not a black and white thing - some reliance on experts is of course necessary.

      Google “appeal to authority fallacy”, there are many examples.