From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-04 00:41:23
> Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
> > However, argument by authority is usually not a falacy. It's a valid way
of
> > reasoning.
>
> Never works. If you say X and I say Y.
> Then you say, D is an authority and says X.
> Then I say, C is a higher authority and says Y.
> Then you say B is the highest authority and says X.
> Then I say, A, to me, is the highest authority, who says not only X,
> but also, that B is a moron.
>
> It never ends... ;-)
I don't know what you're trying to say, but if you doupt me, then please
read the
book called "A rulebook of arguments".
br
Thorsten