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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5185585" data-attributes="member: 18280">Appeal to AuthorityI think that this idea could use a little more input.The interesting thing about this is that my statements about my experience are a sort of appeal to authority.  Whether or not you believe my statements is based upon whether or not you trust me to correctly remember and interpret my experience, and whether or not you trust me to be honest in my statements.  The first is based, at least partially, upon how honest you believe I am with myself, and whether or not you believe I apply rational thinking to my own beliefs.  This last in based, in turn, at least partially upon your prior experience of me, and your perception of whether or not I have ulterior motives in the statements I am making.For instance, say you and I were discussing oof and foo.I accepted that it was better, in general, to oof than to foo, but argued that foo was good because it was not always possible to oof.  I further accepted that, in general, the better one oofed, the less one had to foo.  Further, I accepted that, in general, the more one applied oof, the better the outcome than if one applied foo to cover the lack of oof.But I foo, and fooing is much easier than oofing.  And I protest that, despite the foregoing, foo is not only acceptable, but my players prefer I foo.  And, I begin to claim that the idea that it is better to oof than foo is insulting.  And, I claim that you should not be using critical thinking to examine the issue.Hmmm.Under those circumstances, is my authority enhanced?  Or do you have reasonable grounds to suspect that my authority is compromised?I think you know my answer.RC</blockquote>

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