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Why is this comment being downvoted?

drdeca 6y ago
Because it is wrong. The comment is claiming that the comment author has overturned well understood results, when they have not done so.
- ProfHewitt 6y ago
  You are welcome to join the debate! Scientific development proceeds building on previous results as is the case here as shown by references in articles.
exdsq 6y ago
I assume because these are huge claims however they support these claims with their own blog site rather than a peer reviewed journal etc
- ProfHewitt 6y ago
  The articles are published here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2561841 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=256...
  - ganafagol 6y ago
    SSRN is not a peer reviewed journal. It's essentially just a preprint server where anybody can dump whatever they please. So it's more like the personal blog that the parent comment referred to than a peer reviewed journal they were asking you to cite. Please cite peer reviewed works. As an accomplished academic of 70+ years I'm assuming you are very familiar with that process.
    - ProfHewitt 6y ago
      Dear Ganafagol: Please do not denigrate SSRN, which is used by many prominent researchers to publish their articles. Eventually, many of the articles are republished elsewhere. However, waiting years for trees to be cut down should not be allowed to slow down scientific progress! You are incorrect that SSRN is a "private blog".
      - ganafagol 6y ago
        > You are incorrect that SSRN is a "private blog". And you are incorrect in claiming that I wrote that.
        ProfHewitt 6y ago
        Dear Ganafagol: I mistyped :-( Instead, you insinuated that SSRN is a "personal blog." Also, you are incorrect that "anybody can dump anything that they please" into SSRN. If you wait long enough, each article will be republished elsewhere :-) However, you may have to wait years :-( In the meantime, more articles will be published in SSRN for which you will have to wait even longer to be republished!

Because it is wrong. The comment is claiming that the comment author has overturned well understood results, when they have not done so.

ProfHewitt 6y ago
You are welcome to join the debate! Scientific development proceeds building on previous results as is the case here as shown by references in articles.

exdsq 6y ago

I assume because these are huge claims however they support these claims with their own blog site rather than a peer reviewed journal etc

ProfHewitt 6y ago
The articles are published here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2561841 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=256...
- ganafagol 6y ago
  SSRN is not a peer reviewed journal. It's essentially just a preprint server where anybody can dump whatever they please. So it's more like the personal blog that the parent comment referred to than a peer reviewed journal they were asking you to cite. Please cite peer reviewed works. As an accomplished academic of 70+ years I'm assuming you are very familiar with that process.
  - ProfHewitt 6y ago
    Dear Ganafagol: Please do not denigrate SSRN, which is used by many prominent researchers to publish their articles. Eventually, many of the articles are republished elsewhere. However, waiting years for trees to be cut down should not be allowed to slow down scientific progress! You are incorrect that SSRN is a "private blog".
    - ganafagol 6y ago
      > You are incorrect that SSRN is a "private blog". And you are incorrect in claiming that I wrote that.
      - ProfHewitt 6y ago
        Dear Ganafagol: I mistyped :-( Instead, you insinuated that SSRN is a "personal blog." Also, you are incorrect that "anybody can dump anything that they please" into SSRN. If you wait long enough, each article will be republished elsewhere :-) However, you may have to wait years :-( In the meantime, more articles will be published in SSRN for which you will have to wait even longer to be republished!