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a. Appeal to Irrelevant Authority
b. Red Herring
c. Fallacy of Common Practice
d. Fallacy of Positioning
e. Abusive Ad Hominem
f. Appeal to Unidentified Authority
g. Fallacy of Division of Expert Opinion


b

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