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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by seanhunter on Thursday November 23, 2023 @03:28AM (#38390675)
That is as pure an example of the fallacy of argument from authority[1] as I have ever seen especially when you consider that any nuance in the supposed letter from the researchers to the board will have been lost in the translation from "sources" to the journalist to the article.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by abhpro on Thursday November 23, 2023 @03:52AM (#38390804)
That fallacy's existence alone doesn't discount anything (nor have you shown it's applicable here), otherwise we'd throw out the entire idea of authorities and we'd be in trouble
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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by mejutoco on Thursday November 23, 2023 @04:28AM (#38391005)
Authorities are useful within a context. Appealing to authority is not an argument. At most, it is an heuristic.

_Using_ this fallacy in an argument invalidates the argument (or shows it did not exist in the first place)

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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by Eisenstein on Thursday November 23, 2023 @06:34AM (#38391692)
When the person arguing uses their own authority (job, education) to give their answer relevance, then stating that the authority of another person is greater (job, education) to give that person's answer preeminence is valid.
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