This seems like an attempt to clear up inferential silence, so I’m reluctant to downvote it, but I would still like to voice a disapproval of the reasoning you use to justify your downvoting. I can explain further at your request.
I view the post as blatant political propaganda pushing an agenda, thinly veiled as a ‘question your assumptions’ article. You can’t just yell “but I’m being skeptical” to justify posting political mindkill with zero references or backing research.
Or rather, you can—on some other site. Like Fox News. Not LW.
That specific topic is not required for an understanding or improvement in rational thinking. Any number of topics, including those with extensive study and research behind them, could have been used for this purpose. That a mindkill topic was chosen instead leads me to believe that political agenda was the true goal.
This seems like an attempt to clear up inferential silence, so I’m reluctant to downvote it, but I would still like to voice a disapproval of the reasoning you use to justify your downvoting. I can explain further at your request.
I view the post as blatant political propaganda pushing an agenda, thinly veiled as a ‘question your assumptions’ article. You can’t just yell “but I’m being skeptical” to justify posting political mindkill with zero references or backing research.
Or rather, you can—on some other site. Like Fox News. Not LW.
That specific topic is not required for an understanding or improvement in rational thinking. Any number of topics, including those with extensive study and research behind them, could have been used for this purpose. That a mindkill topic was chosen instead leads me to believe that political agenda was the true goal.
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