In philosophy, it's called an "aristoteles dixit" (Aristotle said), based on the fact that it was often considered proof enough in middle age if an argument was

In philosophy, it's called an "aristoteles dixit" (Aristotle said), based on the fact that it was often considered proof enough in middle age if an argument was defended by Aristotle. As a meta-meta-comment, this is one of the things I like the most about HN : we don't see any avatar and nicknames are not obvious, so we consider arguments before considering who made them.