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by jmercouris 2003 days ago
Here is where I immediately have a red flag from the author:

"sometimes I hide the fact that I have PhD because I don't want it to be a symbol of authority or intelligence for myself"

yet, at the top of the site "Josiah Zayner, PhD"."

well, which one is it Josiah?

3 comments

If I say "sometimes I feel people are losing the ability to precisely comprehend what they read" it does not necessarily mean I feel this way right now, although I might.
sometimes != always

makes sense that he would want to strengthen his credibility in an article like this, no?

That’s a very nit-picky thing to critique, while ignoring everything the post is writing about.