Stuart_Armstrong comments on The failure of counter-arguments argument - Less Wrong Discussion
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Your own brainpower is overrated. Unless you suspect that politics has rotten the field completely, a large collection of experts will be more likely to find flaws than you on your own.
I agree with the checking against external references, though! Experts don't do this enough, so you can add a lot of value by doing this.