On Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 7:00:44 PM UTC-6, Gary Harnagel wrote:
On Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 10:24:44 AM UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote:

How about the utter absence of any mention of his findings from medical
textbooks? That would seem to indicate that his researches are not
perceived as credible by the scientific community.

Appeal to authority is not a valid argument.

Appeal to authority is not proof. And if the only thing the authority has going
for it is that it was made an authority by accident of birth or some such thing,
then indeed it's not much of an argument.

But those who become authorities due to a track record of valid work... have a
word that carries some weight.

John Savard