Funny, this is exactly what I was trying to argue for (section 4 explicitly says “Really, both anecdotes teach us the same thing”). Trying to think how I can make this clearer.
Chesterton’s Fence and The Onion in the Varnish are obviously in conflict.
and then follow up with:
Chesterton pushes us to conserve that which we don’t understand. Onion encourages questioning the need for that which we don’t understand.
That confuses me because the first sentence is addressing that question #1 I identify, whereas the second sentence addresses question #2. But it is preceded by you saying that they are obviously in conflict.
Trying to think how I can make this clearer.
In general, in reading the post if kinda felt to me like there was some conflating of the two different questions. I think that pointing out the distinction and emphasizing it a little more would have made it clearer.
Funny, this is exactly what I was trying to argue for (section 4 explicitly says “Really, both anecdotes teach us the same thing”). Trying to think how I can make this clearer.
You do say:
and then follow up with:
That confuses me because the first sentence is addressing that question #1 I identify, whereas the second sentence addresses question #2. But it is preceded by you saying that they are obviously in conflict.
In general, in reading the post if kinda felt to me like there was some conflating of the two different questions. I think that pointing out the distinction and emphasizing it a little more would have made it clearer.