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The article is inconsistent. First, it claims that there is something special and important about the quartz mined there. Then, it turns around and claims tha
by billswift 17y ago
The article is inconsistent. First, it claims that there is something special and important about the quartz mined there. Then, it turns around and claims that there is something important and secret about the processes used there.
- gwern 17y agoIf we're going to logic-chop... no, actually, it is not inconsistent. To be inconsistent, to be contradictory, it would have to claim both that the sole important thing is the natural quality of the quartz, and the sole important thing is the secret processes. It does neither. It claims the quartz is unique, and the processes important. This is not a contradiction. (Both could well be necessary: it's common sense that good material could be ruined by a bad process, or that a good process can fail on bad material.)