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Comment author: Vaniver 11 October 2011 12:56:20PM 1 point [-]

Excuses given are along the lines of "I never win an argument with you" and "you've studied it a lot more than I have, it's an unfair discussion".

Suppose there's some issue about which I'm not an expert, but I trust experts in the field who hold position A. If I come across an expert in the field who holds position B, I might decline to talk to them about this issue because I trust the A expert's ability to make a decision on the issue more than my ability to make a decision on the issue.

When is that a reasonable thing to do?

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