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by scott_s 2004 days ago
> "The ________ theory/hypothesis is fringe, the consensus is ________" is argument by authority.

That is not an argument, so it can't be "argument by authority." It is a framing.
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wnoise 2004 days ago
It's not an explicit argument. Most arguments people make have lots of implicit steps and subarguments though. This is one of those cases.
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rat9988 2004 days ago
It is clearly a case of argument by authority.
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