To explain, I’m just a big old ignorant layman, but with other scientific fields I at least CONCEPTUALLY understand how they came to their findings.

Like if a Geologist tells me something about rocks I’m like: “Okay, idk how geology works, but I assume you did some kind of experiments involving rocks so you probably know what you’re talking about.”

Or if a neurologist tells me something about the human brain: “Okay, idk shit about neurology, but I assume you did some kind of brain scan or took some brain samples or did some kind of scientific experiment thingy to know this stuff about brains. I don’t know the exact details but I can at least abstractly understand the process by which you learned this thing you’re telling me now.”

Then I’ll see some news report about some finding a theoretical physicists made and it’ll be like: “The Universe is made of strings! And also the sun is a black hole! The universe is shaped like a doughnut!”

And my honky ass is just like: “How the fuck do you know that shit? What are you looking at? How did you figure that crap out?”

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        10 days ago

        So no?

        i-think-that knowing what you are talking about is a basic prerequisite for discussion.

        If you are being genuine then please leave the whining about fallacies back on Reddit.

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          10 days ago

          Whatever that is, the CPC doesn’t believe in it and hasn’t for a long time. Mao was 70% right and 30% wrong. He was wrong a LOT. Eespecially Jiang Qing, who was a queen evil and member of the Gang of Four

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        …asking whether YOU know anything about the subject under discussion has literally nothing to do with an appeal to authority, are you OK?

        As a commie propagandist you should be familiar with this old saw: no investigation, no right to speak! Was Mao doing an appeal to authority, too? Or is that just a reasonable expectation for any sensible person to have?