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  • collapse_already@lemmy.mltoScience Memes@mander.xyzCognitive Biases
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    12 days ago

    To be clear, sometimes authority bias is good and proper. For instance, valuing the opinion of a climate scientist who has been studying climate chaos for thirty years more than your Aunt who saw Rush Limbaugh say climate change is a hoax in the 1990s is normal and rational.

    Basically, authority bias as a reasoning flaw stems from misidentifying who is authoritative on a subject.