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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by AdrianB1 on Thursday March 26, 2026 @05:11PM (#47535804)
That sounds like appeal to authority, it is classified as a fallacy.
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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by dekhn on Thursday March 26, 2026 @07:48PM (#47537344)
it's only a fallacy in purely logical arguments. Appeal to authority makes sense in medical, scientific, engineering, and other contexts when the arguments necessarily depend on ambiguous data and subjective conclusions.
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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by Ralfp on Thursday March 26, 2026 @05:14PM (#47535833)
Why is it okay for OP to question authority in the subject matter while me pointing out they research it more isn't?

I have also pointed out that regret rates for transition are within 2%.

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