My entire criticism of his luxury beliefs framework is that it is arbitrary and applied in a selective ad-hoc manner, largely for the purpose of flattering one’s pre-existing political sensibilities. The very fact that you’re adding all these previously unmentioned rule amendments reinforces my thesis exactly. If you think my criticism is off-base, it would be helpful if you pointed out exactly where it is contradicted. Something like “if your critique is correct then we should expect X, but instead we see Y” would be neat.
My entire criticism of his luxury beliefs framework is that it is arbitrary and applied in a selective ad-hoc manner, largely for the purpose of flattering one’s pre-existing political sensibilities. The very fact that you’re adding all these previously unmentioned rule amendments reinforces my thesis exactly. If you think my criticism is off-base, it would be helpful if you pointed out exactly where it is contradicted. Something like “if your critique is correct then we should expect X, but instead we see Y” would be neat.
I don’t have to make up things after the fact to say “he probably chose the polygamy example because polygamy is weird”. It’s obvious.