Right, we’re not talking about a formal academic citation, so the format is irrelevant in this context. Why does it matter if the meaning has to be inferred? A

Right, we’re not talking about a formal academic citation, so the format is irrelevant in this context. Why does it matter if the meaning has to be inferred? An informal citation or reference is still a citation or reference to something by speaker intent, and is not defined as such by whether or not the audience understands the reference, right? In any case, citations, references, mentions, and uses of the DK effect are almost always wrong. I’ve seen a lot of them on HN, almost always to imply someone is incompetent, and I’ve yet to see one that’s correct.