> in order to be taken seriously I must provide sources, backing, it is not enough to explain my thoughts cogently You must at least provide reasoning, for the

> in order to be taken seriously I must provide sources, backing, it is not enough to explain my thoughts cogently You must at least provide reasoning, for the thoughts to be cogent. Your assertions are vague - you allude to things without clarifying what you mean, and why you believe it to be so. > in order to be taken seriously I must... > I must show... > I must acquire... You must do theses things? According to who. again, assertion without explanation. Understand, your thoughts don't explain themselves!