I'm saying that any of my friends who told me to "just Google it" would be stupid, and the rest of my friends would let him know. Because all of my friends kno

I'm saying that any of my friends who told me to "just Google it" would be stupid, and the rest of my friends would let him know. Because all of my friends know that, if you're having a conversation with us and you reference "a study" you're going to have to back that up with a clear enough description that we can actually find the specific study in question and discuss it. (I think that's also the ethos on Hacker News -- it's generally expected, even in casual HN conversation, that people will give enough information that interested parties can follow up without confusion. Don't tell people "google it"; take the 5 seconds to google it yourself and give them the link.) I expect people to ask me for citations, and I expect people to give me citations when asked, because that's the sort of social circle I've cultivated (and that's the expectation HN has cultivated as well.) You clearly run in a different social circle than me. I would not call you stupid for not having cultivated the same habits and expectations. But I would appreciate if you didn't criticize me based on how you imagine I socialize.