Perhaps poorly phrased. I was trying to hint at Isolated Demands For Rigor to skeptically dismiss all evidence. This post was inspired by someone I used to work with who amongst other things would talk about “fundamental issues” and “the big picture” in a vague way as rhetorical devices to discard certain pieces of evidence.
That “the big picture” angle sounds infuriating. I wonder what would happen if anyone responded “the big picture is made of many small details, so lets just get this one right and worry about the others later”.
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That’s not framing, that’s lying.
Perhaps poorly phrased. I was trying to hint at Isolated Demands For Rigor to skeptically dismiss all evidence. This post was inspired by someone I used to work with who amongst other things would talk about “fundamental issues” and “the big picture” in a vague way as rhetorical devices to discard certain pieces of evidence.
That “the big picture” angle sounds infuriating. I wonder what would happen if anyone responded “the big picture is made of many small details, so lets just get this one right and worry about the others later”.