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This piece is very readable, but a tiny bit funny is how loaded the storytelling is, given the subject matter. The storyteller wants the reader to think certai
by neilv 3y ago
This piece is very readable, but a tiny bit funny is how loaded the storytelling is, given the subject matter.
The storyteller wants the reader to think certain things about characters and events, and facts and impressions are cherry-picked and deployed just so, to support that.
I guess seeing the persuasion as that of a storyteller might be understood in this kind of journalism (I don't know, especially since the subject matter seems delicate), but I believe that scientific research needs higher standards.
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- nerdponx 3y agoI think it was done somewhat deliberately here. The author first portrays Ariely in one way, and then gradually starts revealing the doubtful and conflicted elements. The other characters are all portrayed more or less neutrally.