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Re:The Death Of Expertise by iaygo on Saturday January 18, 2014 @05:21PM (#7082487)
Opposing an "appeal to authority" is not the claim that "all opinions have equal weight", it's that "all opinions should be heard." Ideas aren't weighed, anyhow, they're either falsified, or not.

If you cannot explain your idea to an intelligent layman then this is prima facie evidence that you do not understand it yourself.

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Re:The Death Of Expertise by cashmonkey85 on Saturday January 18, 2014 @06:56PM (#7082804)
Like when that pseudointellectual tried to explain the theory of relativity. Anyone with intuition would know it was bullshit.
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Re:The Death Of Expertise by iaygo on Saturday January 18, 2014 @08:09PM (#7082981)
It's hardly fair to allude to one of the deepest theories we have. Besides which, in all such cases, there are many popular works available for explanatory purposes.
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