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Originally Posted by Easy 6
Its just hilarious that people like Brainiac or Fish want to split hairs about the meanings of words, or how they're perceived, or how they're not credible as facts when people like The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or the first head of the CIA  say things like (para) "at the highest levels, Air Force officers are soberly concerned about these things".
Or, (para) "I call for an immediate congressional investigation into the ufo secrecy being perpetrated on the American people"
These people actually said those things, yet these guys just want to bury their heads in the sand and dissect the meaning of "appeal to authority"... if you cant or wont believe the words of unimpeachable figures laid out straight in front of you... then **** it, you're not worth discussing things with any further.
The legendary FBI director DIRECTLY REFERENCES CRASHED UFO'S and his desire to study one... nope, not good enough.
Furthermore, 50 or so responded "yes they exist but cant get here"... yet I quote something Sagan said that directly refutes that belief and its ****ing crickets. |
Nobody is splitting hairs about the meaning of words. We were just trying to explain to you how Appeal to Authority works, because you obviously don't understand. You seem to think that Appeal to Authority should for some reason be disregarded if the authority figure is authoritative enough in your mind. As if specific authority overrules the logical fallacy. But that's simply not how it works. That's the entire purpose of the fallacy.