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> You expect every blog post to find the earliest relevant paper to cite This should be expected out of everyone. If you don't respect the reader enough to do
by genxy 2mo ago
> You expect every blog post to find the earliest relevant paper to cite
This should be expected out of everyone. If you don't respect the reader enough to do this, why should we read your posts?
I think papers should be retracted for not citing prior art, even if you weren't aware of it.
- zahlman 2mo agoIf the blog were about calculus, and stated that an elegant proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus could be found in such and such undergraduate textbook, would you be upset that the citation wasn't to either Newton's or Leibniz' work?
- chermi 2mo agoI would want them to point to point to what they think is the best resource. (Assuming the point is educating or explaining something to the reader.) Which, If everyone followed, would automatically point back to newton/leibnez.
- genxy 2mo agoUpset no. But I would like it to be a violation of norms around citation. We should respect the reader and the truth.