Appeal to authority is, instead of giving actual arguments you throw a name and say, "well, they surely know their stuff!". Whether they know stuff or not is i

Appeal to authority is, instead of giving actual arguments you throw a name and say, "well, they surely know their stuff!". Whether they know stuff or not is irrevelant to the fact person is trying to avoid having constructive argument. So it could really be dismissed by "okay, they are experts, but how you're sure they didn't wrote it all on hangover?"