Fallacy icon - Bulk fake experts

Name Description Example
Bulk fake experts Citing large numbers of seeming experts to argue that there is no scientific consensus on a topic. “There is no expert consensus because 31,487 Americans with a science degree signed a petition saying humans aren’t disrupting climate.”

Learn more about the fallacies in this graphics category in the blog post A history of FLICC: the 5 techniques of science denial

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German definition (Masse Pseudo-Experten)

Dutch definition (Groep Pseudo-experts)


 


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