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Of course you don't. I thought, however, that you may need some credentials to be upvoted by an audience of highly technical readers.
by stadia42 2y ago
Of course you don't. I thought, however, that you may need some credentials to be upvoted by an audience of highly technical readers.
- drawkward 2y agoThe argument itself is the currency, not the credentials of the person making it.
- ur-whale 2y agoThere's also the other approach: actually reading the content and judging it on its own merit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority
- dekhn 2y agothe criticism of argument from authority is really only valid for logic-based arguments (which only exist in math). In nearly every argument online, the topic is not logic-based, but more a combination of fuzzy reason and rhetoric. In such situations, we normally allow for some prior belief that people who obtained education and have worked in an area have some level of expertise that makes their arguments carry more weight. While you can argue whether this makes sense, it certainly seems reasonable to me- although I still apply skepticism to expert opinions.
- mattgreenrocks 2y agoNothing says hacker culture like needing sufficient credentials to even consider someone’s ideas. Edit: I hope you can see from the sea of replies that this sort of credential check is not welcome here.
- MostlyStable 2y agoNope. In order to be upvoted by an audience of highly techincal readers, I would hope that all one needs is to make a strong argument, or provide something interesting, or otherwise of value. Credentials can be a shortcut/filter to finding something of value. Someone may reasonably choose not to spend time reading something from someone with no credentials, under the assumption that most of everything is garbage. But, after having chosen to read it, the credentials no longer have any bearing. It's either good or it's not.
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- taco_emoji 2y agowhy?
- zonotope 2y agoI think you need to make insightful points for that. Having credentials is not a requirement for having insight, although they are sometimes correlated.