wedrifid comments on Don't Revere The Bearer Of Good Info - Less Wrong

82 Post author: CarlShulman 21 March 2009 11:22PM

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Comment author: thomblake 02 April 2009 02:12:49PM 15 points [-]

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.)

Comment author: wedrifid 09 August 2010 02:36:39AM 5 points [-]

Other questions that are implicitly asked:

  • Why are you not signalling in group status?
  • Why are you not signalling alliance with me or my allies by inventing excuses to refer to us?
  • Are you an outsider trying to claim our territory in cognitive space?
  • Are you talking about topics that are reserved for those with higher status in our group than we assign you?