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      1. Academic form of unsolicited advice: “This is the paper I would have written” with a proposed paper that has nothing to do with the one presented Even worse when addressed to a grad student It’s demeaning and shows a total lack of interest for the other person's ideas
    1. …in reply to @simardcasanova
      Instead, why not trying to understand what they are trying to do and help them *within that framework*? This is imo what useful criticism is all about Trying to improve someone else’s ideas instead of trying to replace them with our own…
  1. …in reply to @simardcasanova
    Also “I don’t know this methodology” is not the same as “this methodology has limits and therefore shouldn’t be used” I’ve seen a lot of people confusing the two…