Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
US corporations - less fucks I could not give.

British corporations - have mixed opinions. Small enterprises in particular have much more nuanced opinions. Two credible Leave experts are the former head of the CBI Lord Digby Jones who has written an impressive piece on why he is voting Leave and Sir James Dyson.

Universities and scientists - while I respect Hawking's views on physics this is not a physics question and he is not as much of an expert on this topic as true experts like Dyson and King and Jones.

IMF - Got a lot wrong recently. A few years ago they published a report condemning the governments austerity as threatening growth before the UK proceeded to grow faster than any other major developed economy. Not the end of the world to disagree with them.

London Financial Firms - The UK is more than London but not all London firms are against it

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If experts are the bees knees then why do you disregard experts like Mervyn King, Digby Jones, James Dyson and Peter Hargreaves?
I believe you misunderstand the thrust of the argument. While it appears to be a shallow appeal to authority it can equally well be viewed as an indicator of what these people believe will be in their best interests and in the best interests of their various fields. While Brexit is not a "physics question", Brexit's possible impact on the work being done by physicists in Britain is a matter into which British physicists and British universities may have some relevant insight. Dyson is not an objective altruistic expert, he's a self-interested private party who recently had his ass handed to him at least twice due to his opposition to EU energy labelling regulations that he feels unfairly disadvantaged his hoovers. You should look at the consensus in each relevant field and determine whether or not that consensus is persuasive from your perspective and from society's perspective as a whole. For example, there are those who accurately view the EU as being inimical to their interests eg. because of competition from low-wage workers from other countries. You'll have to decide whether or not your--and society's--interests outweigh the interests of those groups.