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It's useful independent of whether the comment is sarcastically enthusiastic, hyperbolic, vague or bitter. Your actual objection seems to be that it's hypothet

It's useful independent of whether the comment is sarcastically enthusiastic, hyperbolic, vague or bitter. Your actual objection seems to be that it's hypothetical when in fact that's the point of the technique. I think you can understand parent. Why claim a simpler non-sarcastic example on how honest test scores matter was somehow not made?

boomlinde 7y ago
> It's useful independent of whether the comment is sarcastically enthusiastic, hyperbolic, vague or bitter. You can say that, but until you've actually offered an argument that supports your conclusion I have no reason to reconsider my view. There's no question IMO that a sentiment can be useful while being sarcastic, hyperbolic, vague or bitter. I just don't believe that this one was, for the reasons I've previously stated. > Your actual objection seems to be that it's hypothetical when in fact that's the point of the technique. No, my objection is that it is hypothetical without reasoning for how the actual matter at hand could form a basis for the hypothesis. To say that because SAT scores are adjusted for adversity, "adversity scores should also be counted towards recruitment in elite military units, selection for senior military leadership and all significant promotions" begs the question: why? The post doesn't answer that question. > Why claim a simpler non-sarcastic example on how honest test scores matter was somehow not made? I haven't. Plenty of users have written simpler, non-sarcastic examples on how honest test scores matter. I acknowledged this already, and I'm not sure why you'd think otherwise.