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"Why is this news" is almost always an unnecessarily provocative "high-heat low-light" question. It's more substantial to point out mitigating factors and add m
by happytoexplain 5y ago
"Why is this news" is almost always an unnecessarily provocative "high-heat low-light" question. It's more substantial to point out mitigating factors and add missing context, as you also did.
- Semaphor 5y ago> "high-heat low-light" question What does that mean?
- hatefulmoron 5y agoI read it as a metaphorical nod to light bulbs: an inefficient light bulb spends most of its energy toward heat while producing little light. Instead of producing illuminating discussion, a "high-heat low-light" question produces flames.
- Semaphor 5y agoSounds right, thanks.
- lordgrenville 5y agoIt's an idiom from Shakespeare (though nowadays we reverse it, since light is more desirable than heat). https://blog.editors.ca/?p=3435 https://blog.editors.ca/?p=3435