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by andrepd 2756 days ago
I have not one single time invoked any kind of authority to make the points I'm making. It was only below, after you've (ironically) invoked the writer's credentials and insultingly proclaimed I never should be allowed to ever teach anything, that I let you know my qualifications.
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twtw 2756 days ago
Erm...

> Like Leslie Lamport says

Pretty clear appeal to authority, IMO.

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andrepd 2756 days ago
20 lines of reasoning and one quote that I think conveys what I mean. I think if you can't honestly engage with that besides accusing me of "appeal to authority" there is nothing to be gained from continuing a discussion.

Btw it's actually Lamport quoting Spivak.

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