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I know what it means from more reliable sources than LLMs and wikis. Maybe you should try checking a more reliable source, yourself. Or state what you actually think I'm getting wrong about it, instead of appealing to the authority of LLMs and wikis!


There is no appeal to authority fallacy when then subject of the appeal is also the authority's area of expertise

Ask and trust Einstein on general relativity --> no appeal to authority

Ask and trust Einstein on why drugs are bad just because he, Einstein the physics genius, says so --> appeal to authority




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