Testing and finding one thing superior to another isn’t a ‘false dichotomy’. It is merely a comparison between two things. It requires that someone say or strongly imply that there are not any other alternatives to the two for it to be any kind of dichotomy. Nobody seems to be doing that.
Umm, “always”? Generalizing from one example?
Also seems like a false dichotomy. I bet that a group that was encouraged to think a bit before making each new pot would have done better yet.
Testing and finding one thing superior to another isn’t a ‘false dichotomy’. It is merely a comparison between two things. It requires that someone say or strongly imply that there are not any other alternatives to the two for it to be any kind of dichotomy. Nobody seems to be doing that.
I didn’t choose the original title.