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I have participated in so many online debates where someone attempted to show overwhelming support for their position by citing multiple articles writing up the
by emodendroket 4y ago
I have participated in so many online debates where someone attempted to show overwhelming support for their position by citing multiple articles writing up the same dubious study, or, worse, citing sources that don't even address or outright directly contradict their claims.
- dotancohen 4y agoWhy?
- emodendroket 4y agoProbably because they didn’t want to spend much time reading potential citations they were trying to find to bolster their argument and assumed I wouldn’t either.
- msrenee 4y agoLove it when someone just throws up the first study with their keyword in it. I get a potentially relevant study to parse through, which I feel is good for my brain probably. Then I get to cite chunks of their own reference right back at them to explain exactly how wrong they are.