The "Links Please" blog readers are a pesky lot, and they refuse to take any blogged idea without corroborative evidence by so-called authorities, that then have further links, and further links-- ad infinitem.

That's not been my own experience... exactly.
I find that the only way most of the 'links please' crowd gets into that mode, is if they disagree with the conclusions drawn.

And, of course, and as you suggest, when links are provided, they'll still not trust you... mostly, ever. I find it far more productive for most folks to post the facts and let them actually research and think on their own about it. I find it far more effective in changing minds, for most people. And the ones who still toss a hissy fit demanding links, well, I operate on the idea that you're not going to convince them, anyway.

To the point, blogging contains a lot of assumptions of various facts. If each time I mention water, I have to give a breakdown of the exact nature and structure of water, list its possible uses, and it's origins, I may never get another post about boating done.

In any event, in the case of my blog I refuse to insult the smarts of the reader by breaking down everything like that. I assume they're fairly well enough trained and sufficiently proficient in the use of the search engines to come up with their own correlation of facts. This attitude has been well rewarded.

Do your own thinking if you want to challenge something.

Logorrhea is easy. The act of condensing the complex to the simple is what takes time and effort, obviously more than Wilson believes he has available.