A famous physicist says this diet works. Is quoting her a good reason to believe it?

No. She is a real expert, but not in nutrition. An appeal to authority only carries weight inside that expert’s actual field, where experts broadly agree.

Not every appeal to authority is a fallacy — that is the common over-correction. The question is "expert in what?"

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Never reviewed. It is waiting in the new-card stack.

Evidence is the tutor's one-line justification, written with the grade (review_logs.evidence). “Needed a hint three sessions in a row” is the signal that the card's notes or answer need work — the loop the authoring chat is for (EXAMPLE-LESSONS, “Authoring feedback”).