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That's just an 'appeal to authority'. No-one knows or cares who made the statement, it may as well have been 'water is wet', it was useless and adds nothing bu
by new_guy 5y ago
That's just an 'appeal to authority'.
No-one knows or cares who made the statement, it may as well have been 'water is wet', it was useless and adds nothing but noise.
- heartbreak 5y agoThat’s…not what “appeal to authority” means.
- l9i 5y agoI found a comment that was factually incorrect and I felt competent to comment on that. Regrettably, I wrote just one sentence and clicked reply without providing any credentials to back up my claim. Not that I try to hide my identity, as danhak pointed out in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28751644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28751644, my full name and URL of my personal website are only a click away. I have replied to my initial comment with provide some additonal context: https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=28752431 https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=28752431. Hope that helps.