On 11 Sep 2004, at 00:47, wikien-l-request(a)Wikipedia.org wrote:
Message: 7
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:41:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com>
But this does nothing to address the criticism that our content is not
vetted
by experts. I agree that appeal to authority is largely a logical
fallacy, but
it nonetheless is followed like a religion by a great many people (who
then
blindly trust what the experts say). If we want to have them read our
content,
then we will have to give them that bit of comfort.
-- mav
No. We. Don't.
Let me put it like this:
"But having an elected parliament and president does nothing to address
the criticism that our laws are not vetted by dukes and kings. Appeal
to authority may be flawed, but it's nonetheless followed by a great
many people. If we want them to abide our laws, then we will have to
give them that bit of comfort."
;-)
-- Jens [[User:Ropers|Ropers]]
www.ropersonline.com