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Appeal to authority: The author assumes that because someone he or she believes is an authority thinks that something is true, that it must therefore be true.
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<h3>Logical Fallacy: Appeal to authority&mdash;The author claims that someone is an authority on a topic, and that because this authority made a statement regarding that topic, that he or she is probably correct.</h3>{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{{1}}}}}

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Logical Fallacy: Appeal to authority—The author claims that someone is an authority on a topic, and that because this authority made a statement regarding that topic, that he or she is probably correct.