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Originally Posted by Sensekhmet
I always thought that double (heck, even triple) checking and cross referencing was the standard research method, regardless of subject or author.
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Oh it is, but unfortunately it is not always that easy or even doable. And it gets very frustrating if you know your main source's conclusions are at least questionable, but everyone points you back at it as the being the 'sole authority' on the subject anyways, as it is the case with Rohwer. It gets even worse if the actual amount of information is rather limited.