Comment by bean469
11 hours ago
Since the explanation for the claim is essentially pay-walled behind the book, I will just choose to ignore it
11 hours ago
Since the explanation for the claim is essentially pay-walled behind the book, I will just choose to ignore it
"People got used to free shit and stopped paying as much."
"Your claim is poorly supported."
"Well it came from a book. Check it out if you're interested."
"What? It's not free? Hell no I won't pay!"
(anecdotally) proving their point that pay walling something doesn't mean people will pay for it. Buying the book would have been hypocritical.
This whole thread does have me questioning my understanding of cited sources behind paywalls.
A contrived example I have in my head "My friend has more definitive proof in HIS book that <claim>, it only costs $1 trillion. Go read it yourself." For this particular thread its a bit disingenuous, but in a general case how does one go about understanding / disproving arguments made like this?
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> "Well it came from a book. Check it out if you're interested."
> "What? It's not free? Hell no I won't pay!"
I am also sceptical that my burning questions will be answered in the book, thus I choose to not buy it. Also, the Goodreads reviews don't look too good