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> You can cherrypick examples to fit whatever narrative you want. So, what makes your examples better than the author's?
by gambler 6y ago
> You can cherrypick examples to fit whatever narrative you want.
So, what makes your examples better than the author's?
- lhorie 6y agoI think the point is that there's so much variability that drawing a conclusion based on anecdotes is bound to be ignoring a lot of reality.
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- vikramkr 6y agoThey aren't- that's the point. My examples are equally bad since they're also incomplete. I'm not really arguing the opposite as much as I'm trying to illustrate why nuance and data are important. Some things are getting better, some are getting worse, but it helps the author sell their book if they can get you to ignore one aspect of it. You might even say that there's a lot of self interest in the way the argument is made
- stjohnswarts 6y agoAmerican cars is one thing, they are tons better when compared with cars from the 90s and previous. It's easy to get 200k-300k out of a car now with standard maintenance and upkeep.