Question

Which statement is an example of an appeal to authority fallacy?
(1 point)

Join the millions of people around the world who have discovered the benefits of our weighted blankets.

This Olympic athlete personally uses our weighted blanket and says it is a scientifically advanced product.

Anyone who says our weighted blankets are ineffective clearly believes that getting good sleep is unnecessary.

You can either buy our weighted blanket or resign yourself to tossing and turning every night.

Answer 1

Option 2.

Reason: It relies on an Olympic athlete's endorsement as evidence of the product's scientific merits — a celebrity endorsement rather than an expert source on sleep science, which is the classic appeal to (irrelevant) authority.