BK Marcus is an amateur political economist with no formal education in the subject.
He works from Charlottesville, Virginia as an editorial consultant for the Ludwig von Mises Institute and managing editor of Mises.org.
He is no longer a house husband, nor a faculty spouse, but he is still a dilettante and a layabout, at least in spirit.
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"It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance."
Benjamin Tucker Marcus
February 19, 2010
April 27th, 2008 by 
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I just learned this great quote from Dr. Mardy:“Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.” If I quote Da Vinci during a debate, am I committing the appeal to authority fallacy? |
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Jeff Molby said,
Only if you’re suggesting that the statement is true because Da Vinci said it.
Leo da Vinci Quotes I Like « FDR Blogs said,
[...] This was posted about on a another blog recently. The Marcus suggests there is an ironic fallacy to using this quote. I disagree slightly. The keyword in the quote is authority. If you take this quote as good advice and not as Leo being an authority on the subject, you have not committed any kind of fallacy. How does one not use Leo as an authority on this subject? Just let some question the advice and see if the advice still stands up to reason. There may actually be some rare cases where referring to “some expert in a field is better at the moment then doing the work yourself. [...]