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Atheists and the National Academy of Sciences (view source)
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== Logical fallacies committed: Category mistake and appeal to authority ==
== Logical fallacies committed: Category mistake and appeal to authority ==
Despite the poor survey design of the survey in question (which the atheist [[Eugenie C. Scott]] has acknowledged as noted above), atheist apologists commonly cite a survey of the religious beliefs of the scientists who are members of the [[National Academy of Sciences]] in order to justify their atheism.
Despite the poor survey design of the survey in question (which the atheist [[Eugenie C. Scott]] has acknowledged as noted above), atheist apologists commonly cite a survey of the religious beliefs of the scientists who are members of the [[National Academy of Sciences]] in order to justify their atheism.
Even if atheists were not committing a category mistake in relation to citing the religious beliefs of NAS scientists, it is an [[appeal to authority]] which is a logical fallacy.
Even if atheists were not committing a category mistake in relation to citing the religious beliefs of NAS scientists, it is an [[appeal to authority]] which is a logical fallacy.
== See also ==
== See also ==