Genetic fallacy is when you discount the reliability of information based on the source rather than on the merits of the information. It’s easy for some to discount information based on the source of the information rather than on the merits of the information. But…we also know this…that advice in particular should be judged on its merits rather than on its source. But it’s easier…and especially more palatable…for many to fall for the genetic fallacy.
Source impacts reliability, and therefore merits.
So, instead of looking at the actual merits of the information, it is judged based solely on its origin.
If one chooses to see things that way, then so be it. For them.
