Comment by jruohonen

> In an ideal world, one would be keeping notes on references used while doing the research that lead to writing the paper. Choosing not to do that is one poor decision.

In this book

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44022957

there is this passage on p. 127:

"Any author citing another paper should be required to provide proof that they a) possess a copy of that paper, b) have read that paper, c) have read the paper carefully."