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There’s a reason it reads like propaganda. The guy is just talking his book. From his other site (located at the domain used in his email address): > Phantom P
by nocoiner 2y ago
There’s a reason it reads like propaganda. The guy is just talking his book. From his other site (located at the domain used in his email address):
> Phantom Plastics offers polymers & plastics consulting services and custom solutions for your polymer and plastic industry challenges. Companies like HP, Apple, Exxon, P&G, iRobot and Disney turn to Phantom Plastics for help. Why? Simple! Phantom Plastics® provides world-class solutions quickly. The polymers and plastics consultancy services we offer can be applied throughout a product development process, or when a specific issue arises. If you have a tough problem or need a breakthrough material solution, then the leading plastics consultant is just a phone call away.
Truthfully, I think plastics are a pretty remarkable product, but I think these arguments would have been a lot more compelling if it had been framed in that way — rather than this (frankly unbelievable) persona of, “I’m just a simple man who loves science and reading papers and here are these incredible findings in which I have no vested interest in whatsoever.”
- barfbagginus 2y ago[flagged]
- DatoClement 2y ago> rather than this persona of … This belongs to tone policing, a subcategory of ad hominem.
- nocoiner 2y agoHow could I have better expressed myself? My impression of his post was that he was presenting himself as a naif in the woods, discovering through pure industriousness unknown truths about plastics. Whereas if you take him at his word expressed elsewhere, he appears to be one of the foremost plastics experts in the world. It strikes me as extremely disingenuous to downplay that expertise for messages intended for consumption by the general public.