You may be correct, but the speaker in that case was probably referencing the Italian Hall Disaster, a genuine precedent. A rationalist can’t just chose to ignore a data point like just because they don’t like the way it’s normally used.
No, but the point is that what appear to be good examples are often used when they are inappropriate, so you should be wary of agreeing more with someone’s position just because they say their case is analogous.
You may be correct, but the speaker in that case was probably referencing the Italian Hall Disaster, a genuine precedent. A rationalist can’t just chose to ignore a data point like just because they don’t like the way it’s normally used.
No, but the point is that what appear to be good examples are often used when they are inappropriate, so you should be wary of agreeing more with someone’s position just because they say their case is analogous.