Someone provided a model of the world that relied on specific beliefs about how container shipping and ports worked.
The beliefs about the gears of container shipping were wrong, in ways that meant the example couldn’t support (or weaken) the larger claim.
This post spelled out details on container shipping so we could understand why the claim was nonsensical.
It was also generally interesting and grounded in a way I’d like to see more of on LW.
Full disclosure: I offered the writer money for fleshing out his original comment, although at the moment I can’t remember if he actually took me up on it.
My story of this post:
Someone provided a model of the world that relied on specific beliefs about how container shipping and ports worked.
The beliefs about the gears of container shipping were wrong, in ways that meant the example couldn’t support (or weaken) the larger claim.
This post spelled out details on container shipping so we could understand why the claim was nonsensical.
It was also generally interesting and grounded in a way I’d like to see more of on LW.
Full disclosure: I offered the writer money for fleshing out his original comment, although at the moment I can’t remember if he actually took me up on it.