I just said “the whole seems wronger than the sum of the parts” in a criticism of an argument.
I’m very proud of this turn of phrase. I’m giving myself a vanity QoTD award. 🏅🏆
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Good one. Captures intuitions about totalizing ideologies and grand narratives. Particular claims and arguments seem ok, but add up to something that over reaches
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I'm using this tweet as a cite, in perpetuity, so that when I use it, nobody accuses me of plagiarism.



