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		scott_s on Dec 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Evidence of “modified gravity” in 150 galaxies bol... > "The ________ theory/hypothesis is fringe, the consensus is ________" is argument by authority. That is not an argument, so it can't be "argument by authority." It is a framing.

wnoise on Dec 21, 2020 | [–]

It's not an explicit argument. Most arguments people make have lots of implicit steps and subarguments though. This is one of those cases.

rat9988 on Dec 21, 2020 | [–]

It is clearly a case of argument by authority.

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