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Gladwell's a good writer, but almost never backs up his positions with empirical evidence. I don't mind too much because I like his writing, but I wouldn't real
by rchaud 4y ago
Gladwell's a good writer, but almost never backs up his positions with empirical evidence. I don't mind too much because I like his writing, but I wouldn't really trust his theories too much because he is a storyteller first.
- jandrese 4y agoHe has a bad habit of cherry picking data to support his point.
- dabluecaboose 4y agoFor what it's worth, media contagion[1] has been a well-known factor in suicides for decades [1] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00031539.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00031539.htm
- kgwgk 4y agoCenturies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorrows_of_Young_Werther#Cultural_impact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorrows_of_Young_Werther#C...
- mikey_p 4y agoThis is something that has been documented and analyzed in meta studies as well: https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m575 https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m575