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> I wouldn't be surprised if all it took was one tweet from the right person. Well, the "Argument from Authority" is called out because of when it's misused (k
by AceJohnny2 12y ago
> I wouldn't be surprised if all it took was one tweet from the right person.
Well, the "Argument from Authority" is called out because of when it's misused (kinda how "experts are always wrong". No: those are only the times you remember), but it is a fundamental way of how social humans form opinions.
- Dewie 12y ago> , but it is a fundamental way of how social humans form opinions. Wow, that's amazing: people form opinions in part based on how much they respect/trust someone. Consider my cynical views totally and irreversibly changed. Then there are those times when it is taken too far: like 115 points on HN for a pithy message like "rewrote to another language".