Comment by mrbungie
6 days ago
> Here's the deal: Reasonable people aren't claiming this stuff is a silver bullet or a panacea
This article and vocal supporters are not being reasonable at all, they make a not so between-the-lines separation between skeptics (which are nuts) and supporters ("My smartest friends are blowing it off." in a smug "I'm smarter than my smarter friends").
I mean, come on.
You are absolutely correct. This article and vocal supporters are often not reasonable and I should have made that point.
I honestly found the article to be an insufferably glib and swaggering piece that was written to maximize engagement rather than to engage the subject seriously.
The author clearly values maximizing perceived value with the least amount of effort.
Frankly, I’m tired of reading articles by people who can’t be bothered to present the arguments of the people they’re disagreeing with honestly and I just gave up halfway reading it because it was so grating.