>
> On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:51 PM, Fred Bauder wrote:
>
>> Bald assertions of authority by persons with academic credentials are
>> unacceptable. They are required to cite reliable sources same as
>> anyone
>> else and, if they are competent, should know the literature in their
>> field.
>
> Sure. But on the other hand, we should recognize that the nature of
> "the literature in their field" differs from field to field. Frankly,
> NOR was written for a field more like chemistry than like literary
> studies. And that poses a problem.
>
> -Phil
>

That's all I'm asking in this general discussion, recognition that there
is a problem.

Fred


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