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That's not what's going on here. The Washington Post is making an appeal from authority based on the headline alone. The WP readership is going to understand t
by xnull2guest 12y ago
That's not what's going on here.
The Washington Post is making an appeal from authority based on the headline alone. The WP readership is going to understand that as "Person I look up to says something I might agree with". No one can pretend that away.
Then, the argument itself isn't anything particularly deep - and of course it isn't. Cook doesn't have the credentials to add anything meaningful to the discussion.
- kimdouglasmason 12y agoWhy does the argument have to be 'new' or 'deep'. Many of the best arguments are extremely old (perhaps timeless would be a better way of saying it), and are also very simple in their logic.
- xnull2guest 12y agoEssentially: Because it isn't news if it isn't 'new'.
- Retra 12y agoSome of us actually were born yesterday, you know.
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