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[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In a vacuum, appealing to authority is fallacious. An idea must stand up on its own merits.

IRL, things get fuzzy. No one has the expertise and time to derive everything from first principles and redo every experiment ever performed. Thus we sadly have to have some level of trust in people.

[–] C126@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As long as the paper has the experiment well documented and it's double blind, you don't need to appeal to authority.

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Counterpoint: the replication crisis