cathedra

If he wants to speak ex cathedra, he has official channels for that purpose.

I love these ex cathedra-like pronouncements on HN. Got quite a collection to date.

They say: here is why we believe the Pope's ex cathedra pronouncements are infallible and hence to be assented to.

Most papal statements even on subject matter that could in principal be subject to infallible declaration are not made ex cathedra.

I'm not disagreeing with your point, but I wonder if you actually read the memo from the CIO, or are just speaking ex cathedra about the requirements being given?

A more solid argument would be a pointer to what teachers are taught these days, and so we can see how much empiricism vs ex-cathedra-style argument they are exposed to.

Or the ex-cathedra pontificating on technical matters he has no understanding of whatsoever.

I'm neither arguing for or againt Milo, merely irritated by this cheap rhetorical trick of making ex-cathedra announcements as if everyone agrees they're truisms.

In a sense yes, but for example the doctrine of infallibility is restricted to specific and explicit official pronouncements 'ex cathedra'.

To the extent that there's human politics and gatekeeping, it's resolved by getting ones hands dirty in the lab before one holds forth ex cathedra about things one obviously doesn't understand.