• nwilz@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    You guys love the appeal to authority fallacy. You don’t need to be an expert to know you shouldn’t still be using programs written in cobol.

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      20 hours ago

      If relying on any knowledge is bad, then why should we believe what you say? That’s an appeal to authority

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        I didn’t say any knowledge. I’m saying if you reject what someone says only because they don’t have some arbitrary experience that you require. That’s an appeal to authority

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          Why should anyone listen to what you have to say? Can you give a reason without an appeal to authority?