Re:Manhattan rents cross $5k threshold for first time
by jdoliner on Thursday July 14, 2022 @03:57PM
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The implication is that because this rule is from 1992 (which I guess is considered ancient history), arguing that it should be implied here is essentially saying that central banking was solved in 1992. It's a bad argument.
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Re:Manhattan rents cross $5k threshold for first time
by SilasX on Thursday July 14, 2022 @06:04PM
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But it’s a bad reply too. It just means the rule is from 1992. That gives us no way to gauge whether the rule was invalidated in the intervening times.
As I like to say, we launch spacecraft based on models of celestial mechanics from the 1680s. Doesn’t make them wrong or disaster-prone. If you replied to someone that “oh you think celestial mechanics was perfected in the 1680s?”, then a lay reader should be equally confused as to why they should doubt the person you replied to.
If you have a reason some rule is invalid, post it, FFS. Don’t just say it’s from $YEAR. And definitely don’t rely on ambiguity as a way to look smart and unquestionable.
But of course, he’s a longtime poster, so I guess he gets a free pass.