[msla]

> Sounds like you just did your own research, no?

People doing their own research isn't what we're talking about.

People saying "Do your research!" and what it correlates with is what we're talking about.

[ifyoubuildit]

So you've come up with a heuristic that says 1) doing your own research is fine, and 2) people who tell you to do 1) are suspect?

If so, I can't imagine thats very effective. You're probably better off just assuming strangers don't know what they're talking about unless you have some good reason to believe otherwise.

[msla]

No, I think that people who treat "Do your research!" as an argument are peddling suspect information.

If they had good information, they'd have good sources.