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               <td><span style="font-size:115%;font-weight:bold;">'''Logical Fallacy: Appeal to authority'''</span><br />'''The author has quoted an authority on the subject out of context, thus misrepresenting that authority as supporting a position that is the opposite the one that they actually take.''' {{#if:{{{1|}}}|<br><br>{{{1}}}}}</td>
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               <td><span style="font-size:115%;font-weight:bold;">'''Logical Fallacy: Appeal to authority'''</span><br />'''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.''' {{#if:{{{1|}}}|<br><br>{{{1}}}}}</td>
 
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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.
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