Re:How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astrono...
by valuearb on Friday August 28, 2020 @12:26PM
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That doesn’t give them cart Blanche to post incorrect assertions. That would be called a “appeal to authority” argument.
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Re:How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astrono...
by vanderZwan on Friday August 28, 2020 @06:21PM
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I think you're mistaking "giving them carte blanche" for "highlighting one mistake they make in a long post containing a lot more information, context and nuance without acknowledging any of that in the slightest, and use that as if you caught them red-handed in a gotcha! that breaks down their entire argument".
I guess that's a specific version of the "cherry-picking data" fallacy.