Pressure
Misused authority
Leans on a name instead of reasons — often outside that person's expertise.
“A Nobel physicist told me homework is pointless.”
- How to spot it
- “A famous professor said so” with no argument attached.
- How to answer it
- Ask what the reasoning is, and whether the authority is an expert on this question.
Practise against it
Favoured by The Firehose.