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Unless it's used as a jumping off point to learn the real thing. You have to start somewhere to even care about a subject if you're going to dive into it.
by NoOneNew 6y ago
Unless it's used as a jumping off point to learn the real thing. You have to start somewhere to even care about a subject if you're going to dive into it.
- watwut 6y agoThe claim is "learned the basics of international politics". It is not "was inspired to learn about politics". The latter is not scary. The former is.
- scubbo 6y agoSometimes people express themselves in slightly-imprecise ways in order to communicate more fluidly. Sensing the nuance in communication is an important skill.
- watwut 6y agoAnd many times people mean exactly what they wrote. The difference here is not one of nuance. There is really no reason or context to suggest that sentence means something different then what the person wrote. People do argue with straight face that Game of Thrones is historically accurate, do use quotes from fiction as actual arguments about real world. On HN specifically more often then elsewhere.
- watwut 6y agoI will add that someone up thread just explained in detail how Dune functions like real institutions. For real. It is that, no nuance.