Talking at the Movies RSS Archive Spoiler Alert: Meaning is an artifact of creation. Ask me anything Submit February 27, 2014 Citation Needed A previous post of mine relating to the “Terminator” franchise and drones seems to be quite popular. A few people have asked for a source relating to the poll stating that 92% of Afghans had never heard of 9/11. This information is from the International Council on Security and Development. You can find multiple news sources reporting on this via Google. I do a lot of research on the information I post, but at the same time I avoid citations. My reason for this is that I find the common internet phrase “citation needed” to be somewhat dismissive. I believe that readers tend to automatically accept facts that agree with their world view, and question or deny those that do not agree with their world view. I personally feel t...