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                                             January 21, 2013
  There are possible uses for
  "argument from authority".
                                                 While not by any means an
  E.g. if Chomsky said something                 ideal way of proceeding,
  you want to say, you can use                   relying on an authority
  that to presuade a certain                     can be a useful short-cut.
  sub-set of people.
                                                 I might use one of
                                                 Krugman's conclusions on
                                                 economics even if I don't
                                                 follow his reasoning--
                                                 when I do follow it, I'm
                                                 usually persuaded, he knows
                                                 more about the subject than
                                                 I do, he's been right a lot
                                                 lately, etc.

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