> So again, you're clearly not writing for an audience of people who could critique your argument. But if you're not looking for a critique, why are you writing

> So again, you're clearly not writing for an audience of people who could critique your argument. But if you're not looking for a critique, why are you writing at all? How can you know you're right unless the top experts in the field have tried to tear you apart and failed? Which they won't do if you don't engage with them You are assuming that the only point of writing anything is to either create new knowledge (for experts) or to distill existing knowledge (among experts). This is simply not true.