> Your incantation of the logical fallacy is how it often appears in what could best be described as ignorant conversations. Like I said; I didn't mean that yo

> Your incantation of the logical fallacy is how it often appears in what could best be described as ignorant conversations. Like I said; I didn't mean that you, or necessarily people in general, use the appeal in a fallacious way. But it was my fault for not making that clear to begin with. This is a general note, not thinking of any post or argument in particular: I can hardly count the number of times people who advocate Go will bring up the fact that people like Rob Pike and Ken Thompson are or have been involved in the project, and how smart they are and even 'how can I even question their work, given their skill and talent'.