Have you ever consulted a cited source before?

Have you ever consulted a cited source before? In practicality, if no one validates them, couldn't they all just be "dude trust me"?

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  1. 5 months ago
    Anonymous

    i do this all the time at work. "see my report from 2018", report says nothing remotely related to whatever i'm talking about. never been called out.

    • 5 months ago
      Anonymous

      >report says nothing remotely related to whatever i'm talking about

  2. 5 months ago
    Anonymous

    The second footnote is right, unironically. If it’s about philosophy and the author thought of something and decided to write it, what the hell should he write as source lol?

    • 5 months ago
      Anonymous

      Exactly. Secondary interpretations are no more valid, and probably less valid, than your own.

  3. 5 months ago
    Anonymous

    I only do this when I disagree with what is being said, usually political topics or if I'm having a debate with someone
    I remember some guy was posting some statistics for world war 2 and I asked him for a source, after a bit of arguing he relented
    I managed to find the source (which was not easy to find) and the statistics had the same categories, some of the statistics were the same but others were changed
    I asked him about it and he got angry, then I got angry and he told me to frick off and that he synthesised multiple sources
    It was very bizarre

    • 5 months ago
      Anonymous

      Also it's often the case that you will realise that the only real source for a claim is found in a book which is not available on the internet and which is written in a language you do not speak
      That is the most frustrating thing, because it seems like bullshit but you cannot check it
      This happens on wikipedia

    • 5 months ago
      Anonymous

      arguments are about Truth not facts. you establish consensus by charisma. rhetoric was never meant to be mixed with data.

      • 5 months ago
        Anonymous

        I lose my temper easily, become so angry sometimes that I cannot think clearly and often end up throwing personal attacks because I am so furious

        • 5 months ago
          Anonymous

          same i have been awake in bed for 3 hours because someone disagreed with me at work

          • 5 months ago
            Anonymous

            I get butthurt when I’m an expert of the topic and I hear someone talking bullshit about it, and when I call them out they answer with even more bullshit
            I know I can disprove it but it’ll take me a lot of time I can spend somewhere else, and I’m on that stage where I have to decide whether I should lose my time and disprove his bullshit or just say to myself ah frick that fricking moron and go my own way

      • 5 months ago
        Anonymous

        >consensus by charisma
        good line, going to steal it the next time someone notices i'm making shit up

  4. 5 months ago
    Anonymous

    plagiarism is based

    • 5 months ago
      Anonymous

      That vid is hilarious

      Also it's often the case that you will realise that the only real source for a claim is found in a book which is not available on the internet and which is written in a language you do not speak
      That is the most frustrating thing, because it seems like bullshit but you cannot check it
      This happens on wikipedia

      • 5 months ago
        Anonymous

        🙂

        • 5 months ago
          Anonymous

          I wish they were domesticated so bad.

          • 5 months ago
            Anonymous

            Im planning on killin one (black tho) in a few months in Idaho. I am a bit conflicted about it, but alas, I was invited, and it is an undeniable literary experience.

          • 5 months ago
            Anonymous

            Leave the bear alone, Chud

          • 5 months ago
            Anonymous

            It is the natural order, Anon.

  5. 5 months ago
    Anonymous

    I’m writing a paper rn and gotta be honest, I didn’t read some of the sources I quote and I’m only 75% sure it’s not bullshit. I’ll proofread the shit when I’m finished if I have more time

  6. 5 months ago
    Anonymous

    If it's worth the trouble it ought to have an except in the text or in foot/end notes; it's on the author to synthesize it to the current purpose. Treat them as suggested reading material otherwise.

  7. 5 months ago
    Anonymous

    Yes, but somewhat rarely. Usually I just check if the publication is validated by a specific scientific review authority in Northern Europe. Often I look at the abstract and results. For some medical papers I've spend some time to see who funded the study.

  8. 5 months ago
    Anonymous

    I did it a few times while researching for a paper (because I felt like the source would have more info I wanted to know) but I would never give a frick about sources on social media posts

  9. 5 months ago
    Anonymous

    Usually when I'm sceptical on wikipedia I'll do it and it turns out the vast majority of their sources don't actually source anything themselves so it's a race to the bottom on how hard you can circlejerk without citing a primary source.

  10. 5 months ago
    Anonymous

    There's a taller, funnier version of this image with 5 panels. Anyone have it?

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