Quote Originally Posted by Legerdemain View Post
I was hoping there was a translation of the russian PR articles hiding someplace on the internet. Obviously peer-reviewed doesn't mean the contents of the article are true, but I'd be more interested in reading articles by someone with professional writing skills.
Many people here on the forum have professional writing skills and have written various things professionally and academically. Kim teaches writing, Golden was a editor, Siuntal is a academic, Octo is an academic, etc etc etc.

The individuals here who put time and effort into this topic certainly include many well-credentialed and experienced professionals, translation is a incredibly difficult task, and someone like Siuntal who has high quality writing skills as well as a knowledge of Russian is very hard to find. This community is very lucky to have someone who is as interested in this topic as well as having knowledge of Russian.

This is a very new topic in the West and many of the individuals here came here right after college or during college/high school, but people grow older, gain skills and knowledge and experience the fullness of life. In time, they will accumulate acclaim and success in their specialty and their words will have weight to others more then today, and hopefully at that time, this topic will gain more traction in the minds of other individuals to a point where research can proceed. This is a long and hopefully worthwhile journey which has been endeavored by many members of this community.

It's characteristic of many individuals to blame their lack of understand or knowledge on inadequate resources but it's often also their lack of character and ability which produces such a consequence.