The whining about Malcolm Gladwell's creation of narratives aggravates me. The market creates the form. Trust me, mere truth is dull.
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Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua And am suspicious of argument that to write popular academic books precision must be compromised. Cf. Dawkins or even Bryson.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sethinsua I don't think it needs to be compromised, but I think if people wanted hard science they would read hard science.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nouswaves
@sethinsua He's almost certainly competing against writers that embellish less, but they would probably never be popular.5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua Yes, agreed. It doesn't need to be compromised, regardless of embellishment.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sethinsua I think the other thing is that he's trying to be insightful + surprising. Not very much ground to work with.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@sethinsua Still, I think it would be more honest to just make the book shorter and not give definitive answers where there aren't any.
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