AI commentator: flashing credentials to pass off contested views as consensus erodes trust
AndyMasley · x · 2026-11-01
AndyMasley criticizes a common argumentation pattern: experts invoking their credentials to present a contested position within their own field as if it were the field's official stance that laypeople must defer to. He argues contested ideas should be presented as contested, not laundered through authority, and says he loses respect for people who argue this way.
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