• TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    It is not an appeal to authority… It’s called a rebuttal. If someone makes a claim that no real smart person can do x, an easy way to prove them wrong is to provide an example of a smart person doing x.

    • teije9@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      true ig i was wrong

      (btw I’m not far right and fully agree with this, I just like being annoying and pointing out things like this)