Quote from: elux on January 13, 2013, 01:53:42 AM

Quote from: Inaba on January 12, 2013, 09:26:53 PM

Ok... you do know that I asked for proof right? What you've provided is you restating the same statements you've already made. Proof requires an outside authority qualified to speak on the matter.

Your logical fallacy is: Appeal to Authority.

Quote from: David Deutsch

The misconception that knowledge needs authority to be genuine or reliable dates back to antiquity, and it still prevails. To this day, most courses in the philosophy of knowledge teach that knowledge is some form of justified, true belief, where justified means designated as true (orat least probable) by reference to some authoritative source or touchstone of knowledge. Thus how do we know ? is transformed into by what authority do we claim ? The latter question is a chimera that may well have wasted more philosophers time and effort than any other idea. It converts the quest for truth into a quest for certainty (a feeling) or for endorsement (a social status). This misconception is called justificationism.

-- The Beginning of Infinity - Chapter 1: The Reach of Explanations - pages 8-9.

Knowledge =/= Proof