A case for Gibberish

[RenegadeHealer]

It's a bit disappointing to still see references to Wentian Li's paper.

This comment was striking to read, because Torsten Timm’s work with the VMs leans heavily on Li. I have not read Li (though I’m intrigued now, and probably will soon.) Perhaps I haven’t been paying attention, but I find it odd that “You overestimate how well your primary source supports your model” was not more frequently brought up in debates with Torsten. Especially since Torsten was quite quick-on-the-draw with providing highly specific citations, to mostly his own work but also that of others, as a rebuttal to any criticism. If I didn’t respect him and his work highly, and was feeling uncharitable, I’d even say that Torsten Timm having a bottomless bagful of citations ready to throw at any critic sometimes bordered on a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. I’m not saying he was deliberately tricky. Nay, I’ll take this any day over a researcher who cites too few sources for his claims. But I think it’s important to remember that the more references someone makes, the lower the odds that all their references are being checked by readers for accuracy and relevance, and some sophists use this to their advantage when arguing.