Logical fallacies EXPOSED! #6 The appeal to (false) authority fallacy

Many people use logical fallacies in arguments. This is particularly common on social media. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog will be discussing the appeal to authority fallacy, and, in particular, the appeal to false authority fallacy. The appeal to authority fallacy occurs when people insist that a claim is true simply because an authority or expert on the issue said it was true, without offering any other supporting evidence. False authorities covered in this video include Tess Lawrie, Peter McCullough, Robert Malone, and Poornima Wagh. If you see anyone using this fallacy, please share this video with them.

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Links to other videos mentioned:

Logical fallacies EXPOSED! #3 The fallacy fallacy
https://youtu.be/nITBG9tlPcE

@Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson
Robert Malone goes full anti-science on Joe Rogan's podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjszVOfG_wo

Logical fallacies playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV1WqH0isjRxF4hiVlkEWc2NJ22WZrOxJ

Chapters

0:00 Introduction
2:03 Appeal to false authority
3:19 Authorities with irrelevant expertise
4:10 Tess Lawrie
6:16 Peter McCullough
6:58 Fake experts
7:15 Robert Malone
8:52 Poornima Wagh
10:11 Mavericks against consensus

Links to data:

The tangled history of mRNA vaccines
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02483-w

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2005 (Barry J. Marshall and J. Robin Warren)
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2005/press-release/

Expression of Concern for Bryant a, Lawrie TA, Dowswell T, Fordham EJ, Mitchell S, Hill SR, Tham TC. Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 Infection: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Trial Sequential Analysis to Inform Clinical Guidelines. Am J Ther. 2021;28(4): e434-e460
https://journals.lww.com/americantherapeutics/Fulltext/2022/04000/Expression_of_Concern_for_Bryant_a,_Lawrie_TA,.11.aspx

Evidence on the efficacy of ivermectin for COVID-19: another story of apples and oranges
http://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/08/19/bmjebm-2021-111791.abstract