Quote (ArcticShadow @ Dec 30 2011 10:34am)
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your "evidence" is simply that other people(who have an agenda) believe the myth.
His argument, whilst being an argument from authority (NOT A STRAWMAN), will hold if the authority is a legitimate expert on the subject and a consensus exists among legitimate experts on the matter under discussion.
It has a good chance of holding really. It is up to you to prove the experts wrong.