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Logical Fallacy of Appeal to Popular Pieties / Popular Prejudice / Appeal to What is Popular / Homily Ad Hominem (type of)The Logical Fallacy of Appeal to Popular Pieties / Popular Prejudice / Appeal to What is Popular / Homily Ad Hominem (type of) occurs when an appeal is made to popular likes, interests, preferences, prejudices, predispositions, fears, etc. to support the conclusion. Examples of the Logical Fallacy of Appeal to Popular Pieties / Popular Prejudice / Appeal to What is Popular / Homily Ad Hominem (type of)
CSI may be a popular entertainment, but it certainly doesn't have authority to declare whether historical science and observational science exist. In fact, these two types of science are well recognized in the scientific community. Even if that were not the case, the real difference between the two is the difference between that which is known through direct observation and that which is thought to be known through imagination. There is a huge difference between observing and just making things up.
How can we know anything about anything? That’s the real question |
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