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exactly my thought. the author was either removing good reasons or making up bullshit reasons to arrive to the magic number of 23. just why?

halfdan 8y ago
Presumably because we have 23 chromosomes.
- PunchTornado 8y ago
  23 pairs, we have 46. the author owes us another 23 reasons.
  - tialaramex 8y ago
    But presumably they'd be very similar to the existing 23 reasons except with very minor variations.
bluetidepro 8y ago
See my comment above, but I think it's meant to be a reference to "23andme"
- 51Cards 8y ago
  Agreed that it is, but still not a valid reason to start throwing up junk items just to make a magic number. Undermines the validity of the entire piece.
  - coldtea 8y ago
    Or you know, concentrate on the good arguments, and judge them on their individual merit, instead of obsessing with their tally?
    - sokoloff 8y ago
      If someone comes to you and makes a succinct 3-point argument and someone else comes to you and make those same 3 points plus 20 tangentially related, low-quality, possibly irrelevant points, who has been the more persuasive? If you have 2 strong points and 12 weak ones, you're generally much better off making a 2 point argument than a 14 point one.
      - coldtea 8y ago
        >If someone comes to you and makes a succinct 3-point argument and someone else comes to you and make those same 3 points plus 20 tangentially related, low-quality, possibly irrelevant points, who has been the more persuasive? If I'm not superficial, either both the same (if those 20 are totally useless), or the one with the better arguments. Those "20 tangentially related, low-quality, possibly irrelevant points" could still have some point worth considering.
        sokoloff 8y ago
        Everyone has limited time and (presumably) attention. You don’t go around adding paragraphs of lorem ipsum or random bytes/words to your replies. Why not? Some of that could have some point worth considering.
    - PunchTornado 8y ago
      you think it's a good strategy to arrive at a magic number of items? if you have 9 items, stop there, instead most articles on the web will bullshit one more and do a headline 10 x ... I find it annoying.

halfdan 8y ago

Presumably because we have 23 chromosomes.

PunchTornado 8y ago
23 pairs, we have 46. the author owes us another 23 reasons.
- tialaramex 8y ago
  But presumably they'd be very similar to the existing 23 reasons except with very minor variations.

bluetidepro 8y ago

See my comment above, but I think it's meant to be a reference to "23andme"

51Cards 8y ago
Agreed that it is, but still not a valid reason to start throwing up junk items just to make a magic number. Undermines the validity of the entire piece.
- coldtea 8y ago
  Or you know, concentrate on the good arguments, and judge them on their individual merit, instead of obsessing with their tally?
  - sokoloff 8y ago
    If someone comes to you and makes a succinct 3-point argument and someone else comes to you and make those same 3 points plus 20 tangentially related, low-quality, possibly irrelevant points, who has been the more persuasive? If you have 2 strong points and 12 weak ones, you're generally much better off making a 2 point argument than a 14 point one.
    - coldtea 8y ago
      >If someone comes to you and makes a succinct 3-point argument and someone else comes to you and make those same 3 points plus 20 tangentially related, low-quality, possibly irrelevant points, who has been the more persuasive? If I'm not superficial, either both the same (if those 20 are totally useless), or the one with the better arguments. Those "20 tangentially related, low-quality, possibly irrelevant points" could still have some point worth considering.
      - sokoloff 8y ago
        Everyone has limited time and (presumably) attention. You don’t go around adding paragraphs of lorem ipsum or random bytes/words to your replies. Why not? Some of that could have some point worth considering.
  - PunchTornado 8y ago
    you think it's a good strategy to arrive at a magic number of items? if you have 9 items, stop there, instead most articles on the web will bullshit one more and do a headline 10 x ... I find it annoying.