Appeal to auth- Wikipedia. I hate the use of buzz words and namedropping "theories", and this is a close relative. Just because there's a friggin' article abo

Appeal to auth- Wikipedia. I hate the use of buzz words and namedropping "theories", and this is a close relative. Just because there's a friggin' article about something vaguely tangential to the discussion does not mean that you've refuted someone's argument by linking to it. Five bucks says you haven't even read the article, but just used it based on the title. Sometimes people don't even understand the science behind it, and sometimes they've misconstrued the actual concept of the theory. Some people just toss in a link like a large, dead trout on the kitchen table as their entire comment without explaining their - supposed - train of thought. But hey, you want people to know that you've learnt a fancy word.