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Re:Epistemic legibility: being easy to argue with is a virtue by adfgadfgaery on Friday March 25, 2022 @02:32PM (#30805589)
I think you misunderstand OP. The purpose of citations is to prove facts. The argument made based on those facts does not need a citation.

Much of the time it isn't fair to ask for citations even for specific facts, but that's a separate problem.

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Re:Epistemic legibility: being easy to argue with is a virtue by nextaccountic on Saturday March 26, 2022 @09:22AM (#30811582)
> I think you misunderstand OP. The purpose of citations is to prove facts.

Those cases are covered by b)

But the person you're replying to pointed out other, non-adversarial reasons to ask for citations (which depending on the tone of the question, may be misinterpreted)

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