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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7769177" data-attributes="member: 177">And, you know, it is fine for you to believe that. But, as presented, that is purely a personal opinion, with no significant support.Which, again, is fine.&nbsp; You want to believe something as true, though there's no evidence beyond your own experience, that's your lookout.&nbsp; &quot;I don't care how he got there, I agree with his conclusion,&quot; is, in terms of reasonable thinking, not what anyone could call a strong position, but if you don't want to apply critical thinking to it, that's on you.But anyone on EN World can write such stuff.&nbsp; And lots of folks do, every day.&nbsp; It takes no particular skill or effort to do so.&nbsp; So, the thing that takes no particular effort or skill is... a featured article?&nbsp; Really?&nbsp; Why not just have an editor go through the place, find a thread that starts with an unsupported opinion piece, and promote it to the front page?&nbsp; It'd be cheaper.&nbsp; As a featured article, it should be better.&nbsp; It should not have faulty premises. If the author makes assertions, they should be supported.&nbsp; Those are very, very basic concepts of composition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7769177, member: 177"] And, you know, it is fine for you to believe that. But, as presented, that is purely a personal opinion, with no significant support. Which, again, is fine. You want to believe something as true, though there's no evidence beyond your own experience, that's your lookout. "I don't care how he got there, I agree with his conclusion," is, in terms of reasonable thinking, not what anyone could call a strong position, but if you don't want to apply critical thinking to it, that's on you. But anyone on EN World can write such stuff. And lots of folks do, every day. It takes no particular skill or effort to do so. So, the thing that takes no particular effort or skill is... a featured article? Really? Why not just have an editor go through the place, find a thread that starts with an unsupported opinion piece, and promote it to the front page? It'd be cheaper. As a [I]featured article[/I], it should be better. It should not have faulty premises. If the author makes assertions, they should be supported. Those are very, very basic concepts of composition. [/QUOTE]

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