@BretDevereaux sure that’s carlyle’s idea but i don’t think that’s what most advocates of it have in mind. makes a lot more sense to critique the theory actually advanced in modern discourse than the ancient prototheory
@dilanesper depends on your rules of evidence. is your camera supervisor going to authenticate video at every trial? do you have enough of them to do that?
@robinhanson@ATabarrok insider journalists may have better trivia but they write worse stories to protect their access. it’s why NYT cheerled us into Iraq