Eliezer probably didn't want to bother you with the whole sequence, but I will: http://lesswrong.com/lw/r5/the_quantum_physics_sequence/ This is a very interesting read overall, highly recommended.

Also, while Eliezer does sometimes plays with the argument from authority (like in the piece of humour you cited), I have never caught him actually using it to win an argument.

Oh, and one of the points (not the main one!) is to tell that those physicists, with all their authority, are wrong. (Well, at least those in favour of the Copenhagen Interpretation.)