Ipse dixit

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Ipse dixit is a Latin phrase meaning "He himself said it."[1] It refers to what is basically an appeal to authority, with oneself as the authority. In other words, the perpetrator of an Ipse-dixitism makes an unfounded assertion and expects his word to be the final say.

For example, Richard Mains asserts a privileged perspective because of his work in space industry without explaining the logic of the relationship between his claims and his claimed experience.

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