Squorlple@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agoWell whenever you notice something like that, a wizard did itlemmy.worldimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down176
arrow-up1175arrow-down1imageWell whenever you notice something like that, a wizard did itlemmy.worldSquorlple@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareBronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIsn’t this what led to the Argument From Authority Fallacy? Scientist need to stay in their lane, and expect blowback when they don’t. Newton’s belief in alchemy doesn’t tarnish his development of calculus.
minus-squareunderwire212@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoMoreso ad hominem. Attacking the character of the person rather than the argument itself
minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIndeed. Though Alchemy was a much more credible branch of natural philosophy back then
Isn’t this what led to the Argument From Authority Fallacy? Scientist need to stay in their lane, and expect blowback when they don’t. Newton’s belief in alchemy doesn’t tarnish his development of calculus.
Moreso ad hominem. Attacking the character of the person rather than the argument itself
Indeed. Though Alchemy was a much more credible branch of natural philosophy back then