"This fallacy [appeal to authority] is not in itself an error; it is impossible to learn much in today’s world without letting somebody else crunch the numbers and offer us explanations. And teachers are sources of necessary information. But how we choose our "authorities" and place a value on such information, is just another skill rarely taught in our education systems. It’s little wonder that to most folk, sound bites and talking heads are enough to count as experts. … Teaching is reinforcing the appeal to authority, where anybody who seems more intelligent than you must ultimately be right. … We educators must simply role-model critical thinking. … Educators themselves have to be prepared to show that “evidence” and “answers” are two separate things by firmly believing that, themselves."
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Mike McRae, Australian teacher and guest columnist, "Educating Future Critical Thinkers", Swift: Online Newsletter of the JREF, 31 March 2006.
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