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The fact that he pointed out a error in analysis in no way affects your opinion of the conclusion? The whole point of Gladwell's assertion is that if Pinker is
by run4yourlives 17y ago
The fact that he pointed out a error in analysis in no way affects your opinion of the conclusion?
The whole point of Gladwell's assertion is that if Pinker is this haphazard in gathering supporting data, perhaps his entire review is nothing more than opinion.
While there's nothing wrong with that - being a review and all - it certainly isn't a factual debunking of data.
(btw I'm not debunking the assertion, just your reasoning)
- dejb 17y agoWhen he spends a whole essay refuting less than a third of a sentence in the original criticism the impact is diluted to very little indeed. The fact that he doesn't respond to any of the other factual assertions is more telling to me.