And the explicit point in relation to rlpowell’s post? Are you objecting to discussing gun control se early after a rare event associated with guns which could skew people’s thoughts via availability heuristics, or are you attempting to counter these biases in the conversation, or something else?
I don’t know why Konkvistador posted so much of Yvain’s article, or highlighted the particular parts of it that ey did, but the article itself goes into the research on this topic in some detail, which certainly hepls.
Yvain’s article is great (which is usual for his articles), but its topic is political debate about gun control rather than gun control per se.
The reason why I am asking is that I recall Konkvistador asking people not to post about politics around the time of the last US elections, so in my model of Konkvistador it would make sense if he asked people not to post about gun control around the time of the last US school shooting. On the other hand, his comment isn’t exactly what would be expected if that was really his intention, so I am a bit confused.
And the explicit point in relation to rlpowell’s post? Are you objecting to discussing gun control se early after a rare event associated with guns which could skew people’s thoughts via availability heuristics, or are you attempting to counter these biases in the conversation, or something else?
I don’t know why Konkvistador posted so much of Yvain’s article, or highlighted the particular parts of it that ey did, but the article itself goes into the research on this topic in some detail, which certainly hepls.
-Robin
Yvain’s article is great (which is usual for his articles), but its topic is political debate about gun control rather than gun control per se.
The reason why I am asking is that I recall Konkvistador asking people not to post about politics around the time of the last US elections, so in my model of Konkvistador it would make sense if he asked people not to post about gun control around the time of the last US school shooting. On the other hand, his comment isn’t exactly what would be expected if that was really his intention, so I am a bit confused.