Comment by scrame

13 hours ago

This is the guy that created bittorrent, btw. I know that was a long time ago, but he's not just some random blogger.

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hungryhobbit  13 hours ago

Given his background, you'd think he'd know that he should provide some evidence for his position (instead of making this completely unsupported rant).

  • Waterluvian  12 hours ago

    I think you're interpreting the structure and goal of "Bram's Thoughts" wrong. It's a guy's blog, not a thesis defense.

  • _moof  12 hours ago

    It's a blog post, not an academic paper. Do you cite every source when you're conversing with colleagues?

    • tombert  9 hours ago

      I wasn't too upset with Bram's article, but I do think people should be citing specific claims, even in blog posts.

      If you make an assertion in a blog post, I have no idea if you got the information from a respected scientific journal, or Reddit, or InfoWars, or the writing of a bathroom stall. It's hard to know if the assertion is grounded in reality or just something you made up.

      The response I get to this is universally "LOL just look it up yourself man!", but that feels like a cop out. When I write blog posts, I put inline links all over the place to try and justify my assertions to show where I'm getting this information. If I sourced some bad information from a bad source, it's clear to know where I got it from and you can either notify me or disregard the assertion.