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• thenerdhead 5y ago
  I’ve read this years prior. I don’t see how it’s relevant to this article. But if a whole book’s premise is invalid because of some bored dude wrote an article, then so be it.
  • wpietri 5y ago
    When somebody cites a source, it's always relevant to point out that it's a bad source. I also found useful this discussion of the topic: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/03/24/why-we-sleep-a-tale-of-institutional-failure/ https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/03/24/why-we-sle...
    • brigandish 5y ago
      The source of an argument irrelevant to the soundness of an argument, otherwise it's an example of the genetic fallacy, a form of ad hominem, a fallacy of relevance.
      • wpietri 5y ago
        That's technically true about argument in some specific contexts. But it isn't in practice true a lot of the time, and is especially irrelevant here when it's not just citing it for an argument, but as proof of the argument.
  • norswap 5y ago
    It's hard to trust a conclusion if three quarters of the argument offered in support are inaccurate. At least, it should invite a healthy dose of skepticism. Calling the author of the article "some bored duded that wrote an article" is not a really strong argument against considering the points it made.