Re: [OT] Argument by authority

From: Mok-Kong Shen (mok-kong.shen_at_t-online.de)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:48:26 +0200

John Savard wrote:

[snip]
> if someone is an expert on something, what he offers *in his specific area of
> expertise* is unlikely to be a pure opinion.

There are infrequent cases though, where experts don't give
anything than pure opinions, on the ground that the laymen
are entirely incapable of capturing anything else (even a
tiny bit of more information).

M. K. Shen

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