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starkd on June 10, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: You need to know what right-half-plane zeros are

Actually, it seems more an effort to establish credibility. "I have a degree in such and such" or "I have worked in this field for over 20 years". That seems to be much different than appeal to authority.

throw10920 on June 10, 2022 [–]

It seems to only be an appeal to authority when it's a person or a position that one disagrees with. Otherwise it's "experience" or "consensus".

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