Writing as an activity lacks a notion of difficulty. Compare with math, where mathematicians have good consensus on some theorems being easy to prove and others being hard to prove or unproven. With writing non-fiction, we assume topics differ only in time needed, not difficulty
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Of course, if the thesis and antithesis differ in correctness as well as difficulty, you're in even murkier territory. If the two asymmetries align you get overwhelming ease in one direction. The tough case is the H. L. Mencken case: the false argument is easier to make.
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