re: #208 Nyet

There’s a random internet person’s opinion, and a research of a professor of political science with a PhD who’s published a shitload of peer-reviewed papers on exactly this topic. Wow, I can’t decide which to trust more.

Random person (me): yes.

(Research) Professor of political science specialising in Ghana studies, who has a different CV on the Electionsmith Website from his CV at the University of Florida, still doesn’t mean jack.

He still provided no evidence of his assertions. That is an argument from authority (a logical fallacy).

Dr. Mercola and Dr. Wakefield make all sorts of assertions too, based on the Dr. part of their assertions. That doesn’t make their assertions true, just because they have PhD’s.

I only have a high school diploma, but I understand that providing the evidence of your assertions is what makes real evidence, not simply bleating “I have a doctorate.”