MarieDeGournay
It is a disconnect, isn’t it? People use threads to discuss opinions and information, to evaluate information to understand the opinions, decisions and events.
Yet we have yet to see some of the posters who claim to have qualifications in the topic being discussed supporting their points with links and long posts when surely it is them who should be able to present the persuasive points with evidence that would be of interest to the thread.
If the evidence presented is not robust enough to withstand scrutiny to support the opinion it has been said to support, then shouldn’t that raise doubts in the minds of those who rely on that evidence? If a group of people on a thread point out inconsistencies between the claim / opinion and the evidence, surely that makes people think there needs to be more research, thought, and discussion done to the strengthen the information used to support their opinions?
Not merely resorting to complaints that people didn’t accept the opinion. And not even if that opinion is bracketed in someway with an appeal to authority that it should be automatically given strong credibility because someone stated they have qualifications in a field related to the topic.
I have always wondered at this disconnect and where it stems from.