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Why is this supposed to be a way to deflect criticism? Is popular consumption of assertions that are unverified, or difficult for a reader to verify, a good thi
by kirkules 10y ago
Why is this supposed to be a way to deflect criticism? Is popular consumption of assertions that are unverified, or difficult for a reader to verify, a good thing?
- Steko 10y ago> Is popular consumption of assertions that are unverified, or difficult for a reader to verify, a good thing? Yes, that's the whole point of summarizing expertise for lay readers and it's common and expected. The idea that it isn't strikes me as a symptom of engineers disease. When I read an article about any technical subject the assertions in there are basically never verifiable in the article alone; people with more serious questions can presumably go and look at the actual research that's being published that the article is reporting on.