Nobody likes a smart-ass. A second order smart-ass even less. Yet Appeal to Authority has to be the most common bogus argument floating about the cultural ether. I don’t have any solid numbers to back that up, but I read a lot, watch TV, and have a post-graduate degree.
If we are to continue using this argument, we should at least make an effort to better our odds of accidental correctness. When referring to an authority, please employ this reliability ranking, in order of decreasing likelihood of making an accurate statement.
- Child under 3 years old
- Child between 3 and 6 years old
- Teacher of children 3-6 years old
- Game warden
- Nurse
- Journalist (print)
- Journalist (visual media)
- PHD candidate
- University Professor
- PHD
- MD
- MD PHD
- Legal scholar
- High school kid
- TV talk show host
- FM radio pundit
- AM radio pundit
- Marketing consultant
- Politician
- Think tank Fellow
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Dennis Miller – the eternally flaccid penis of pseudo intellectualism
I will vouch for the validity of this ranking.
Dedicated to the Game 