The site you keep linking to is a grade school-level (junior-high level at best) introduction to reasoning, that still uses Aristotelian ideas about “proof”. But reasoning has progressed significantly since the time of Aristotle 2400 years ago—even since the time of the invention of the scientific method in medieval times.
We know how to calculate the approximate proper weight of evidence now. We have equations for probability and proper updating of beliefs. Have you even heard of Bayes’ theorem?
“Appeals to Authority” aren’t fallacies as long as the word of said authorities is weighted appropriately as Bayesian evidence, instead of treated as absolute proof.
Next you’ll tell us that “absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence” when of course it is evidence of such, and everyone here knows it well, and anyone mathematically inclined could even give you the mathematical proof to that.
Start learning about Occam’s razor, Bayesian updating, Solomonoff Induction, Kolmogorov Complexity—also about cognitive biases (especially selection bias) and affective death spirals. Instead of talking about fallacies all the time, start thinking about biases.
The site you keep linking to is a grade school-level (junior-high level at best) introduction to reasoning, that still uses Aristotelian ideas about “proof”. But reasoning has progressed significantly since the time of Aristotle 2400 years ago—even since the time of the invention of the scientific method in medieval times.
We know how to calculate the approximate proper weight of evidence now. We have equations for probability and proper updating of beliefs. Have you even heard of Bayes’ theorem?
“Appeals to Authority” aren’t fallacies as long as the word of said authorities is weighted appropriately as Bayesian evidence, instead of treated as absolute proof.
Next you’ll tell us that “absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence” when of course it is evidence of such, and everyone here knows it well, and anyone mathematically inclined could even give you the mathematical proof to that.
Start learning about Occam’s razor, Bayesian updating, Solomonoff Induction, Kolmogorov Complexity—also about cognitive biases (especially selection bias) and affective death spirals. Instead of talking about fallacies all the time, start thinking about biases.