60 minutes: Is sugar toxic?

Re:60 minutes: Is sugar toxic? by georgieporgie on Monday April 02, 2012 @12:19AM (#3786298)

I'm pretty sure that's not what people mean when they talk about appeal to authority. An actual appeal to authority is fine. A fallacious appeal to authority is one where the 'authority' in question has little or questionable authority in the area being discussed.

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Re:60 minutes: Is sugar toxic? by Drbble on Monday April 02, 2012 @01:08AM (#3786414)

Here is a possibly legitimate appeal to authority, although you could refute it on its own grounds :-) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

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Re:60 minutes: Is sugar toxic? by jodrellblank on Tuesday April 03, 2012 @06:56AM (#3792362)

An actual appeal to authority isn't "fine", it's saying

"Accept my logic as correct because I namedrop a well regarded name as a supporter". But since well regarded people can be wrong this is no sort of proof at all.

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Re:60 minutes: Is sugar toxic? by georgieporgie on Wednesday April 04, 2012 @01:36PM (#3798729)

I think you need to read the Wikipedia entry on Argument from Authority.

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