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A form of gaslighting that occurs in technical, academic, or scientific debates, where one party uses jargon, credentialism, or selective citation to make the other doubt their own [understanding] or sanity. The technicallighter may present a fringe school (e.g., [Austrian economics]) as “the real science,” dismiss mainstream consensus as “ideological,” and ridicule opponents as “uneducated” or “brainwashed.” They shift goalposts, demand impossible proof, and claim that any disagreement comes from a lack of expertise—not from evidence. Technicallighting turns technical discourse into a weapon of confusion and [intimidation].
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