Never expect vindication. They're using that stick for other things now.
By all means, if you know a particularly worthwhile circle and want to attempt to convince them, that might be a good idea. But don't launch yourself into the world with a lantern in the expectation that the great and the good yet unknown will recognize the truth in your reasoning.
Contrary to much of the prevailing philosophy, it is possible to observe, and to reason, and to understand within private experience. Kant never left his city; Socrates left only to serve in the foreign wars. The ability to think the critical thought, and the ability to speak to others about it are equally necessary things -- neither can substitute for the other, and both must be the case.
Also, they're not the same thing.