WHAT QUALIFIES YOU TO DISAGREE? —“It baffles the mind that anyone listens to y

WHAT QUALIFIES YOU TO DISAGREE?

—“It baffles the mind that anyone listens to you [Molyneux] as an authority on anything. I wouldn’t trust you know how to wipe your own a**.”—@Berderking

Conversely,what qualifies you to disagree? One can never believe an authority, unless you’re a fool. One can falsify or not, or propose a more parsimonious argument or not. One can falsify a preference or not by demonstrating involuntary transfer of costs either direction or not.

So aside from (a) demonstrating you’re a fool by demand for an authority, (b) by doing so admitting you’re incompetent to judge, (c) feigning falsehood when you’re disapproving, and (d) making a statement contrary to the empirical evidence of his popularity – what have you got?

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