Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
>>> "Olin has been here for years. He's a working engineer with years of
>>> experience and tons of products. If you really want to learn, sit down 
>>> and
>>> listen."
>>
>> I'm not sure why, but I've always hated this line of reasoning.
>
> Which part?

The part where a person's status is used in place of a rational argument or 
to justify unequal treatment of people. AKA "appeal to authority" fallacy or 
"pulling the rank".

Vitaliy 

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