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0 pointsImPostingOnHN4d ago0 comments

I've got no dog in the hunt here, but one appropriate response to an observation that you provided no sources, would be to provide sources.

What you did instead, which is assert unsourced numbers harder, while attacking the messenger, is not appropriate.

Wait! Before you reply: Attacking another messenger (me) for making another observation (the one above) would also not be inappropriate. Feel free to not cite anything, though, that's totally your call.

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maxglute4d ago

>would be to provide sources.

Naw, SAUCE PLS in 2026 is rhetoric distraction strategy expecting knowledgeable person do HW, maybe it's valid pre LLM, but now it's safe to dismiss as insincere. It's entirely appropriate flex subject matter knowledge and expect skeptics to validate on their own in era of accessible deep research. And call out responses like OPs, who ask for source, but also dismiss/insinuate source "don’t exist", i.e. they're not actually curious for source.

Hence it's entirely appropriate to note bad faith, see ops other reply blow: "Nobody read that post, I wouldn’t bother correcting it.". As it is also entirely appropriate to tell you, ultimately also your call to be just as lazy, instead of wasting space on feed me sauce pls, go do a trivial copy paste into an AI model to validate claims.

ImPostingOnHNOP4d ago

> Naw, [asking for sources] in 2026 is rhetoric distraction strategy expecting knowledgeable person do HW

I can't tell if this is serious or satire of conservative politicians. Poe's law in action, I guess.

> go do a trivial copy paste into an AI model to validate claims.

Like I said, you're free to continue not providing sources for your assertions (even though you yourself claim it would take a trivial amount of your time to do), just like people are free to continue not believing your assertions.

I'm ok with that happy equilibrium, so I don't feel compelled to do any particular research into your assertions for you. If you want me to do your job, you'll have to pay me.

> Hence it's entirely appropriate to note bad faith

To the extent it is "entirely appropriate to note bad faith": As a person equal to you, I am noting your attacks on others in lieu of substantiating your assertions.

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