Publishing on a blog is still publishing, not a short-lived ephemeral aside to an audience of peers.
The fact that this misguided meme was picked up here and echoed rather widely over days is indicative of the non-ephemeral impact of blogs, despite how you (or I) believe they should be perceived.
It would be bizarre if you would only make a blog post after "studying [a] large body of academic and practical work" relating to the content. Almost no-one outside of an elite of developers or researchers would have the time, let alone the inclination.
I'm glad people - amateurs and professionals alike - have the freedom to publish what they want. There are cons ("reader beware!") but the pros outweigh them. If I want peer reviewed scientific papers, I know where to find them.
It would be bizarre if you could only make blog posts after "studying [a] large body of academic and practical work" relating to the post. Almost no-one outside of an elite of developers or researchers would have the time, let alone the inclination.
Reductio ad absurdum; you don't need to read the compendium of human knowledge -- spending an afternoon with Google getting a solid grasp on the state of the art is usually enough to get started.
For most subjects, there's even a seminal book that's easily acquired.
I'm glad people - amateurs and professionals alike - have the freedom to publish what they want. There are cons ("reader beware!") but the pros outweigh them. If I want peer reviewed scientific papers, I know where to find them.
Yes, and we're also free to point out significant fallacies, as well as ignorance of standing research and implementations. This is healthy.
What I said left the definition of 'study' up to reasonable interpretation.
You chose to interpret 'study' as an absurd application of labor leading to undesirable consequences, and then argue against it. In the sense of non-formal logic, 'reductio ad absurdum' applies.
The fact that this misguided meme was picked up here and echoed rather widely over days is indicative of the non-ephemeral impact of blogs, despite how you (or I) believe they should be perceived.