maybe im getting old, but this reads like very well-written marketing for drodio.com. the long-winded introduction, use of caps and sense of urgency it piggyba

maybe im getting old, but this reads like very well-written marketing for drodio.com. the long-winded introduction, use of caps and sense of urgency it piggybacks on top of and the obvious straw man. i mean if you don't know how to do the math, then following the steps as presented in the article (ie. "add this, then times it by that.." etc) you're not actually reaching your own conclusions; that's just hand waving credence to the conclusion that the reader cannot fairly evaluate. EDIT: writing my originally short comment i noticed many other subtle cues as well. for example: the author's prediction of the article going viral (establishing trust because they've been "right" before) the open invitation to criticize the article (suggesting that what you're reading is essentially the result of consensus) the claim that it's being written despite any criticism it might receive because the subject is so important (moral authority) all of these points are presupposed by the author, and not actually derived from the work. the more i think about it the more subtle and manipulative it appears. i hope im wrong, poke holes in it! but given the subject we're discussing it's really rather unsettling. we are indeed in a crisis, drodio be damned.