Appealing to authority is when you say: "I am X, believe what I say on trust..." ...without giving any further evidence, logic, reasoning or demonstration of

Appealing to authority is when you say: "I am X, believe what I say on trust..." ...without giving any further evidence, logic, reasoning or demonstration of that experience. The commenter demonstrated in detail, gave things to look up and specified limits to his knowledge. Appeal to authority doesn't apply here.