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I think you summarized it better than I could. When stating facts, be assertive and provide source. When stating opinions, state them as opinions, not facts. A
by spectramax 7y ago
I think you summarized it better than I could. When stating facts, be assertive and provide source. When stating opinions, state them as opinions, not facts.
As a reader, I wanna chuck the whole thing out of the window.
This is pretty common place - Harari's Sapiens suffers from this behavior excessively - I cannot read it and I don't understand why people like this book so much. Full of unsubstantiated claims.
- qchris 7y agoI appreciate you saying that. I haven't read Sapiens, but since we're on HN, I figure it's worth mentioning that I think Paul Graham's writing wanders into this territory a lot. Hackers and Painters has been sitting only half-read on my shelf for a long time because I got too frustrated with it to continue for that exact reason.