Comment by mannanj
24 days ago
Absolutely not. Looks like your memory is playing tricks on you again.
| Authority Bias: The cognitive tendency to overvalue the opinion of an authority figure or expert
lets not make up definitions for your own convenience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authority_bias
Authority bias is the cognitive bias where we give disproportionate weight to the opinion of someone perceived as an authority figure, even outside their domain of expertise.
What a lot of people outside the scientific field fail to realise that when a claim is made by an expert in their field, it is peer reviewed and challenged or accepted.
The whole point of science is that you can challenge wrong ideas and change your perspective.
Like I said though. If you are just going to the internet to find something that aligns with what you believe, that isn't peer review.
> Authority bias is where an expert in field X claims to have knowledge in field Y when they don't.
Did you not share this above? This contradicts to me your definition here, which is just copying what I shared and stating it as thought its now your opinion. Comes off like gaslighting by the way.