The same can be said of most non-scientific articles, blog posts, and many other texts that are nonetheless valuable. Even for scientific papers, this is not a

The same can be said of most non-scientific articles, blog posts, and many other texts that are nonetheless valuable. Even for scientific papers, this is not a sufficient reason for dismissal. Here is Einstein's original paper on Special Relativity: http://myweb.rz.uni-augsburg.de/~eckern/adp/history/einstein-papers/1905_17_891-921.pdf http://myweb.rz.uni-augsburg.de/~eckern/adp/history/einstein... And the initial papers on General Relativity: http://myweb.rz.uni-augsburg.de/~eckern/adp/history/einstein-papers/1912_38_355-369.pdf http://myweb.rz.uni-augsburg.de/~eckern/adp/history/einstein... http://myweb.rz.uni-augsburg.de/~eckern/adp/history/einstein-papers/1912_38_443-458.pdf http://myweb.rz.uni-augsburg.de/~eckern/adp/history/einstein... Number of references in these papers: 0.