Note the original ancestor comment I've reacted to: > Jordan Peterson talks about many topics he's not trained in without citing reliable sources. We should a

Note the original ancestor comment I've reacted to: > Jordan Peterson talks about many topics he's not trained in without citing reliable sources. We should all have the right to talk about topics without acquiring official training. That's my main argument. You responded to facts which is a subset of this. Re facts and misinformation, that's a hard problem and you are probably right that being required to cite sources would slow misinformation. I think the issue is that most online conversations are casual and this burden would absolutely kill them. Given this trade-off, I suspect no online community requires it - definitely not this place. Then some random Joe comes along and says 'citation needed'. Which is trying to enforce a made-up rule. He may think it is desirable or that it should be required but it is not required and communities have mods for a reason. Maybe I'll add a comment from now on that 'citation needed' itself needs a citation. I think the proper way to go about it would be something like: "I'm surprised about {FACT}, do you have a source I could check?". Without the assumption that the original commenter is required to do it. - Even though I think we are arguing on different planes, thanks for your thoughtful response.