Do you think it’s an acceptable conversational move for me to give you pointers to a literature which I believe addresses issues you’re working on even if I don’t have a deep familiarity with that literature?
I think it’s acceptable, but being “acceptable” feels like a pretty low bar.
Basically I don’t think it’s rude, or arguing in bad faith, or anything like that. But not being able to give a specific reference when we dig into one of your claims lowers my credence of that claim.
Hm, I feel sorta strange about this exchange.
Here’s a toy model of the story in my head:
Does that seem strange to you, too? I’m not trying to be unfair here.
Basically it seems strange that you know that Bayesian statistics addresses this issue, but it’s not easy to give examples of how.
Do you think it’s an acceptable conversational move for me to give you pointers to a literature which I believe addresses issues you’re working on even if I don’t have a deep familiarity with that literature?
I think it’s acceptable, but being “acceptable” feels like a pretty low bar.
Basically I don’t think it’s rude, or arguing in bad faith, or anything like that. But not being able to give a specific reference when we dig into one of your claims lowers my credence of that claim.