I believe the "authority overload" mentioned in the scoring matrix is more akin to the logical fallacy of "appeal to authority" more than what we think of as an overabundance of authority as in "authoritarian government". A good example would be all the cries we've heard in the past few year to "follow the science", as an "appeal to authority", as if science itself was not supposed to be constantly questioning... for without first having a question, no answers are possible, which is the root of all true "science".
If they can stifle the questions via an "appeal to authority" like "follow the science", then of course no logical and honest answers will be forthcoming, because the questions were quashed that would demand the answers to be produced.
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If they can stifle the questions via an "appeal to authority" like "follow the science", then of course no logical and honest answers will be forthcoming, because the questions were quashed that would demand the answers to be produced.
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake