alt Hacker NewsMy comment is fine. Appeals to authority are not inherently bad when the person doesn't know what they're talking about. Again, your doctor is more of an authority than you on medicine. It'd be hubris to think you'd understand the field better, no matter how smart you are.
It's not my job to write an essay in the comments about why mutual authn with RA is desirable in corporate networks, and why the complaints about "freedom" are totally and utterly nonsensical in this context. This is something he can look up very quickly.
> Again, your doctor is more of an authority than you on medicine. It'd be hubris to think you'd understand the field better, no matter how smart you are.
You are talking to strangers on the internet. When I go see my doctor, I initiate a conversation with a certified professional subjected to serious state scrutiny. I'd indeed do well to take their medical advice to heart. Nothing similar applies to reading your comments.
Moreover, part of the reason that I do trust the doctor is that I know that their claims can be challenged and that the claims will withstand that challenge (this is in part ensured by certification and regulatory bodies, and in part by the medical community). You seem not to want to respond to such a challenge.
Here's another doctor-based analogy: Suppose my doctor suggests I suffer from a specific medical condition. Even though I know that they are the professional, it wouldn't be insane for me to voice a concern I have that the condition does not seem to fit what I'm experiencing. That's not even really a challenge to their authority – it might just be a way for me to try to understand. Now, if the doctor responds to that concern by angrily tapping his diploma saying "you know nothing, I'm the professional, bow before me you moron!", I think I'd be wise to change doctors.