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Re:When You Know by alfonsodev on Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:40PM (#25865545)
yeah, while I enjoyed those stories it feel wrong at the end, because it is an appeal of authority fallacy. "I was was right about unrelated fact A, B, C I am an authority so trust me on this."
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Re:When You Know by mr_woozy on Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:44PM (#25865595)
>it is an appeal of authority fallacy

Couldn't say it better myself.

Smart enough to understand tech trends, but not smart enough to introspect using logical fallacy.

SMORT

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