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Getting into conspiracy theory territory - "fears of it being secretly added to feed".
If something is added but not disclosed, then it was secretly added.
That's not a theory
Personally I am unconvinced of the benefits of reducing bovine methane production in this way as I think it is but half the "story".
Please let us know the other half.
Like most, I rely upon the integrity of government scientists to do a professional job to the best of their ability.
Your choice
The alternative is to rely upon social media
Is that the only alternative?
 
Is that the only alternative?
Well, you could spend a decade or so becoming somewhat competent in the field and from there, formulate your own informed position. But short of that, you just have to trust in others who have done the work. You can choose to rely on scientists advising the government (who have done the work), or you can choose to rely on social media.
 
Well, you could spend a decade or so becoming somewhat competent in the field and from there, formulate your own informed position. But short of that, you just have to trust in others who have done the work. You can choose to rely on scientists advising the government (who have done the work), or you can choose to rely on social media.
Or just listen to a drunken buffoon in a pub!
 
You can choose to rely on scientists advising the government (who have done the work),
Why have a government at all, just have panels of experts.

That actually might be a good idea. If "we" pay them they might just might put our interests first, to keep the money flowing.
 
Why have a government at all, just have panels of experts.
It's somehow an idiotic question but still not easy to answer. :unsure:
It's the sort of thing asked by famous idiots; Michael Gove, Liz Truss, D Trump, spring to mind
For @artie it's just a rhetorical question but maybe he should also try to answer it for himself?
They have a go here: https://www.civiced.org/lessons/why-do-we-need-a-government#:~:text=Protecting Natural Rights,situation a state of nature.
Or here https://online.york.ac.uk/the-fundamental-role-of-government/
 
I agree, our food labels should have a full list of what the animal was fed....and the label should contain a full list of what fertiliser and chemicals that the plants were fed on that were used to feed the animals.
Maybe include a 100 page book :(
 
OK

An argument from authority, also known as an appeal to authority, is a logical fallacy that occurs when someone uses a person's authority to support their argument instead of the person's reasoning. Here are some examples of arguments from authority:



  • A mentor's opinion: "My mentor, who holds a PhD in philosophy, said philosophy is the most challenging academic discipline. That's why I decided to study art history".

  • A nutritionist's book: "I read a book by a nutritionist who says all carbs are bad. That's why I avoid them completely".


  • A lawyer's opinion: "My friend's a lawyer, and she also said that fair-use law is a sham".


  • A famous actor's endorsement: "The PrestigeX4000, the pinnacle of automotive excellence. When Jack Steele, Hollywood's greatest action hero, demands the ultimate driving experience, why settle for less?".


  • An anonymous authority: "9 out of 10 dentists prefer this brand".


  • A climate scientist's book: "I don't believe any of those climate doomsayers. Climate change isn't real. I have a book at home by a climate scientist that lays it all out".


Shallow.
Superficial.
(There are also a plethora of other definitions - which, since we're discussing fallacious arguments, implies your post falls under the category of fallacious argument of entitled Cherry Picking)
There are also resources that separate the two types of argument thus - first "Appeal to Authority" - and second "Argument from Authority".
I believe that I was specifically tackling the second type.
Yet your post singularly depicts the former. (Which reinforces the potential for your post to be Cherry Picking.)


This "Appeal to" isn't what we are talking about, in the main. We were discussing the expert themselves giving their point, or an extended version of a person using the experts actual material point, not just referring to the person as an expert to justify an opinion other than their actual point. You even said that my example of spaceflight dynamics "didn't make sense" as an example - and yet all of your examples from above do worse.

I'm beginning to suspect that you're being deliberately obtuse.

Anyway, I believe that you were arguing for a different viewpoint. You seem to have said above that you would be justified to: disbelieve an expert, in their field of expertise, face-to-face and in person, if they don't give you their workings.

I don't know whether you've entirely back pedalled on that position or whether you have subtly changed your position, or whether you still believe that taking a different "opinion" than what an expert within their field claims to be true is in some way justifiable?
 
Yes I already said that. You cherry pick yours, others will theirs. I’m not alarming myself at all. I’d calm down if I were you, you seem to be getting upset again.

I read this just recently.

“By early 2021 doctors and scientists knew a great deal about the virus, and how small a statistical risk it posed to healthy people under the age of around 70. Once they knew that a small number of people were likely to develop potentially fatal blood clots, why didn’t they simply revert to the original plan, and focus on vaccinating the elderly and vulnerable?”

As an older person I can understand why you’re so desperate to continue. I just don’t know why you want to pressure others so vehemently?

It’s already been stated by doctors and scientists that the vaccine won’t stop anyone getting Covid OR passing it on to others. They also say it doesn’t offer lasting protection and needs to be variant specific to offer any help to the elderly and vulnerable. In short most people under 60 would see no benefit at all, and a small number may die from it or become extremely unwell.

Of course, the drug companies have powerful legal council so it’s understandable why so many are reluctant to speak out - at the moment. Covid isn’t going away but we’ll see what happens with Government policy when the vaccine contract runs out in I believe 2027?

I think the point that Jacob was trying to make was that the info artie was portraying was grossly misleading.
I'm sure that you already knew that the "VERY RARE side effect was a known issue as much as 3 years ago" ("Very Rare" has a specific meaning in the classification of side effects, as you probably already know and understand.

The point is that anybody who says that the vaccine was "recently withdrawn due to blood clotting" is being either deliberately, or accidentally, misleading. This is one of those discussions, however, that doesn't really lend itself to being "accidentally" misleading, since it is such a powerful and emotive subject for some - you'd think that people would get their fact ENTIRELY straight before committing to writing their piece?
 
Haven't farmers been messing with 'nature' since, well, farming started? And as we see in many ways, often with pretty terrible consequences?

And I get that people are concerned when a new substance is added to dairy cattle feed, but are those people putting the same diligence into questioning all the other substances we add (intentionally and otherwise) into the food chain? There are rather a lot, many bi-products of the industrial processes that have caused the problem that Bovaer seeks to address.

I thought that I might have been the only one to spot that "lifetime as farmer" nonsense....

In a "lifetime of farming" - consider how much fertiliser and pest control substances have been used during a typical farmer's lifetime - is this a staggering lack of self awareness, or simply a backlash to the one thing that they have found to disagree upon? I do wonder...
Also consider how land use has been fundamentally altered by farming and the resultant ecological impacts - and the taming of the land in things such as canalisation of rivers and de-forestation... (For instance, is it common knowledge on here, or largely unknown, that almost the entirety of Scotland used to be a huge, continuous, mixed deciduous forest, that was laid bare for sheep farming - and is now a ecological disaster, being mainly heather and gorse with a few homogenous stands of coniferous trees?)
 
Why have a government at all, just have panels of experts.

That actually might be a good idea. If "we" pay them they might just might put our interests first, to keep the money flowing.

You haven't actually thought that through, have you?

Listen to your own arguments from prior posts about "experts", lol, and who funds them... and would you personally choose to bung your own personal money in one particular direction over another, or not pay anything at all?

So many questions and hopefully one that you might reflect upon in good faith.
 
Shallow.
Superficial.
(There are also a plethora of other definitions - which, since we're discussing fallacious arguments, implies your post falls under the category of fallacious argument of entitled Cherry Picking)
There are also resources that separate the two types of argument thus - first "Appeal to Authority" - and second "Argument from Authority".
I believe that I was specifically tackling the second type.
Yet your post singularly depicts the former. (Which reinforces the potential for your post to be Cherry Picking.)


This "Appeal to" isn't what we are talking about, in the main. We were discussing the expert themselves giving their point, or an extended version of a person using the experts actual material point, not just referring to the person as an expert to justify an opinion other than their actual point. You even said that my example of spaceflight dynamics "didn't make sense" as an example - and yet all of your examples from above do worse.

I'm beginning to suspect that you're being deliberately obtuse.

Anyway, I believe that you were arguing for a different viewpoint. You seem to have said above that you would be justified to: disbelieve an expert, in their field of expertise, face-to-face and in person, if they don't give you their workings.

I don't know whether you've entirely back pedalled on that position or whether you have subtly changed your position, or whether you still believe that taking a different "opinion" than what an expert within their field claims to be true is in some way justifiable?
That took you a long time to fabricate.
But you have said nothing new, have a nice day.
 
You haven't actually thought that through, have you?

Listen to your own arguments from prior posts about "experts", lol, and who funds them... and would you personally choose to bung your own personal money in one particular direction over another, or not pay anything at all?

So many questions and hopefully one that you might reflect upon in good faith.
I'm sorry, I know I should respond to the point, and not attack the person,

I promise I will, if you make one.
 
He didn't mention left wing now did he Sherlock? I know what he was referring to when he mentioned right wingers so stop being a......

Well, let's analyse, shall we?

When someone says I've noticed a lot of "this" in right wing thinking.... This doesn't say whether "this" is prevalent in any measure in any other type of thinking, or whether it is entirely absent.

Assuming from the original post that "this" is entirely absent from other's thinking is just plain wrong. It reflects your personal interpretation and not the intent of the writer.
So to object to the writer on the grounds of your probable misinterpretation is not tackling the writer's post. At all.
 
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