wedrifid comments on Don't Revere The Bearer Of Good Info - Less Wrong
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I think the biggest issue here is your tendency to not cite sources other than yourself, which is an immediate turn-off to academics. To an academic, it suggests the following questions (amongst others): If your ideas are so good, why hasn't anyone else thought of them? Doesn't anyone else have an opinion on this - do you have a response to their arguments? Are you actually doing work in your field without having read enough to cite those who agree or disagree with you?
(I know this isn't a new issue, but it seems it bears repeating.)
Other questions that are implicitly asked: