(06-01-2026, 04:11 PM)dashstofsk Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It might just be that he is a newcomer to writing academic papers, and might just be in need of constructive advice. Aren't you being a bit too hard on him
I think a certain amount of grace should be extended on a forum where many of us are amateurs and even when we have relevant expertise it is from different fields and cultures. As a rule, I think we should try and work with people who make good faith proposals that don't meet formal expectations.
The problem is that whatever reason he offered fabricated references, that is bad faith. The idea that you are responsible for saying things you know are true is not some academic shibboleth. It is a fundamental ideal that most children are familiar with. Even in the most charitable reading---that a machine fabricated the references and he did not read them---he knew he was ignorant of his reference works! Whether because he didn't understand what the reference section was for or a lack of consideration about what he was posting or something more nefarious does not matter; he published something he cannot have really believed in. He was capable of checking his references or asking for help and he chose instead to pass along his machine's lies against forum policy.
It is perfectly commensurate with the discovery he is acting in bad faith to end the discussion. As noted, anyone, including Perez, is welcome to offer an explanation of that line of inquiry that they can stand by. It may even be him! But if the burden of making sure he believes everything he is saying is too high, and that we were too mean to him for insisting on that standard, I don't know that I will miss his contributions at all. And if "modern" research is fabricated evidence and impenetrable text that explains nothing, then I'm officially against modernity.
In short, no, I don't think we're hard enough on people who send us on wild goose chases for fake evidence and can't explain their own ideas, and that's why it keeps happening.