if cognitive biases/sociology provide a substantial portion of or even all of the explanation for creationists talking about irreducible organs, then their actual counterarguments are screened off by your prior knowledge of what causes them to deploy those counterarguments; you should be less inclined to consider their arguments than a random string generator that happened to output a sentence that reads as a counterargument against natural selection.
I’ve just discovered Argument Screens Off Authority by EY, so it seems I’ve got an authority on my side too:) You can’t eliminate an argument even if it’s presented by untrustworthy people.
I’ve just discovered Argument Screens Off Authority by EY, so it seems I’ve got an authority on my side too:) You can’t eliminate an argument even if it’s presented by untrustworthy people.
Argument screens off authority only if you have already considered the argument. This doesn’t mean you should consider all arguments by anyone.