Comment by hungryhobbit
7 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).
7 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).
I think you're interpreting the structure and goal of "Bram's Thoughts" wrong. It's a guy's blog, not a thesis defense.
It's a blog post, not an academic paper. Do you cite every source when you're conversing with colleagues?
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.