[jonathanstrange]

Look, I've never claimed I've read anything, that was your invention, and I've also said that you should use your bullshit detector and wise men choose their literature carefully.

I simply objected to the idea on the linked web page that you can ask someone to give you the two best articles in a field, then assess these, and use your resulting opinion to somehow evaluate the whole field as an outsider.

That idea is silly and small-minded. If that feels like an ad hominem attack to you, so be it.