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> Granted, it's artificial to the point of absurdity in this case, but the point is made. That was what I was pointing out. Unfortunately it was before I had finished the article, otherwise my approach would have been different. Mea culpa. > In real cases, we often have incomplete or obscuring documentation, and draw conclusions from that. The addition of another perspective can radically change our perception of an encounter. And that's a really good point, and good on you for making it. The article got stronger as it went on, I juts thought it was pretty shaky in the beginning, because of that first video and how contrived it feels. Granted, I can see it may be problematic to show that situation well while including sound, but that it is possible for it to happen (large crowds, heavy traffic, malfunction, etc). I'm not sure if that calls for a different example, moving it from the first example to a later one, or both, but I think that would make for a stronger start. As an aside, while it's a bit outside the scope of your article, I think it's very important that all the different perspectives (including participant accounts) be gathered before they've had a chance to see/hear/read others. That one participant describes the experience very differently than others is very important, and can convey a few different things. For example, beyond purposefully misconstruing events, it may just be that the state of mind (terror) of one of the participants kept them from acting rationally. That's information that may be lost if people are allowed to review other sources before giving a statement. |