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Appeals to tradition are only uncompelling if the tradition in question is problematic. Otherwise you end up in a situation where provably successful strategies
by forgetfreeman 1y ago
Appeals to tradition are only uncompelling if the tradition in question is problematic. Otherwise you end up in a situation where provably successful strategies are jettisoned for no reason beyond their age.
- fluoridation 1y ago>Otherwise you end up in a situation where provably successful strategies are jettisoned for no reason beyond their age. "Otherwise"? Uh, no. Let's appeal to neither tradition nor to novelty. Let's instead judge things on their own merits. But that's totally irrelevant, because the definition of a word is a neutral fact; it's neither good nor bad, it just is. You just tried to appeal to tradition to bring legitimacy to your made-up nonsense. I insist: Even if it was true that past cultures defined "adult" the way you do (which I don't grant), that's not the modern meaning.