Applying formal reasoning to defend a self-admitted heuristic is a special kind of silly. Besides, your heuristic sucks. Just because it formally sucks due to

Applying formal reasoning to defend a self-admitted heuristic is a special kind of silly. Besides, your heuristic sucks. Just because it formally sucks due to being an ad-hom doesn't mean it can't informally suck on other dimensions, like mindless deference to authority. Logic has nothing to say about that, but when considering bias it's something you should probably try harder to keep in mind.