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by gowld 3009 days ago
It's hardly arrogant to vote in favor of a 100-year-old mathematical proof over a new supposed refutation.
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It is an argument from authority. That is asking a lot from the reader, i.e. to suspend believe or go research, the later of which is not too much to ask if direct at an acceptable audience.

"Arrogance" literally is akin to "to ask", e.g. interrogate ... unless the "a-" is akin to "anti" instead of "ad-" or whatever, so that arrogance would be like walzing in and taking without asking or making an assumption without due inquiry.