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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8430643" data-attributes="member: 7023840">Yeah, I thought about adding something on those lines, but chose not to.To put it in simplified terms-Let's say that there are 10 pieces of evidence that you know about. 3 "pro," 3 "anti," and 4 "neutral." If you simply cite to the 3 "pro" and ignore the 6 other pieces of evidence, then you're letting the evidence speak, but you're putting your thumb on the scale.That said, I think Peterson strives to present things fairly and accurately, with as little editorializing as possible. For that reason, I'm guessing that a lot of people will take different things from this- for example, I didn't think it was that damning toward Gygax, because I was already aware of most of the negative stuff. But someone else ...I think the one thing I hope I made clear in the review is that this is really focused on the business of TSR. Which made it fascinating, because the business decisions really illuminated a lot of the other stuff that was going on, and because I don't think we've had that before. But ... it's very much about the business.(One of the rewards of reading it if you already know some history is that you see a lot of events referenced that make more sense in context now. Seriously, I could have read another 1000 pages!)</blockquote>