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<blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 8488630" data-attributes="member: 6988941">The more you know about a complicated or esoteric subject the more you'll realize how much of the stuff written about it is garbage.I used to be a lawyer, and the overwhelming majority of proper news articles I've ever read about court cases at least somewhat mischaracterized what was actually at issue in the court case, misunderstood the principles by which judges will come to a decision, or left out some vital piece of information that would be necessary to actually understand what was going on. And that is the work of trained journalists, sometimes on a regular legal beat, often working for the most prestigious papers. When you look at the work of Z-grade clickbait writers you're best off just assuming everything they say is at least a little wrong (if they are completely right about something it is the work of random chance). In the case of D&amp;D articles, because you know about the subject, you can just recognize all the wrong things.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Benjamin Olson, post: 8488630, member: 6988941"] The more you know about a complicated or esoteric subject the more you'll realize how much of the stuff written about it is garbage. I used to be a lawyer, and the overwhelming majority of proper news articles I've ever read about court cases at least somewhat mischaracterized what was actually at issue in the court case, misunderstood the principles by which judges will come to a decision, or left out some vital piece of information that would be necessary to actually understand what was going on. And that is the work of trained journalists, sometimes on a regular legal beat, often working for the most prestigious papers. When you look at the work of Z-grade clickbait writers you're best off just assuming everything they say is at least a little wrong (if they are completely right about something it is the work of random chance). In the case of D&D articles, because you know about the subject, you can just recognize all the wrong things. [/QUOTE]

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