如果well-known scientists仅仅因为“Existing scientific theory held that no such effect was possible because there was no neural mechanism for bringing it about”就纷纷著文反对smith,却又没能提供论据来证明自己反对的合理性,那么显然是典型的“屈从于定论或是权威”的flaw。 作者要说明scientific establishment is threaten by smith,起码要能提供论据证明smith确实是错的,或者现有的理论确实是正确的,否则仅因为现有理论不支持,所以smith的理论就是错的,这样显然不对。确实有循环论证之嫌。
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