Yoshi-P Statement on Player Feedback

[Kaurhz]

Precisely. That's why the whole "you need to be an expert on something to have an opinion on something" argument falls flat.

It's important to note that this fallacy should not be used to dismiss the claims of experts, or scientific consensus. Appeals to authority are not valid arguments, but nor is it reasonable to disregard the claims of experts who have a demonstrated depth of knowledge unless one has a similar level of understanding and/or access to empirical evidence. However, it is entirely possible that the opinion of a person or institution of authority is wrong; therefore the authority that such a person or institution holds does not have any intrinsic bearing upon whether their claims are true or not.

I feel like you should probably elect to read the full excerpt before trying to assert the validity of an argument. This is inclusive of the emboldened parts of said excerpt. The problem with creating the validity of an argument on the premise of whether one falls under is that you end up being fallacious in itself with argumentum ad logicum.

If you are trying to present conjecture as sole fact then it falls on the merit of your own empirical evidence, qualifications, or experience to support the basis for your conjecture, otherwise your argument will result in naught but conjecture, calling an individual lazy or incompetent is a very bold claim. That expectancy is not appeal to authority regardless of how hard you want to double down on it.