Magic

[andrewducker]

Mixed feelings here.

It starts off as a great article about magic and rationality and then sadly turns into a right-wing article about sleight of hand and belief systems halfway through.

Admittedly, the right-wing article could have been made immeasurably better by simply pointing out that the right are just as guilty as the left when it comes to these things - and the basic points are all good. It's just as shame I don't bump into articles as well written as this from a left wing point of view.

Anyone care to point me at some?

Comments

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

I don't think the left/right bias in articles is a problem - in this one, I read the author's 'right wing' points as examples and/or opinion and found that it didn't bother me that I don't agree with some of his particular analyses.

I don't find the above very clear, but do you catch my drift?

[andrewducker]

Well, yes, it's definitely just examples. But if someone repeatedlt starts their examples with "And here's another example of black people being stupid...." after a while I'd start feeling somewhat iffy reading it.

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. This guy doesn't quite do that, but others may well do something of the sort, and it would be annoying.