I took the term "hollow and completely unfounded advice" as "incompetent", since TFA was written by absurdly competent academics -- in their area. I'm sorry if

I took the term "hollow and completely unfounded advice" as "incompetent", since TFA was written by absurdly competent academics -- in their area. I'm sorry if it upsets you that they didn't give enough references for your taste, to evaluate your anecdotal experiences.