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by Akinato 1840 days ago
Wow this is a brilliant article. I highly recommend it if you're sitting on the fence -- it's very captivating.
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What do you mean by “if you’re sitting on the fence?” — really thinking they were actual witches?
If you're sitting on the fence with regard to whether it's worth reading. By extension if you're uncertain what narratively.com is and if it's worthwhile.

An interesting passage is:

"what kept nagging him was how everyone called her mad. “That’s exactly what people say about persons with dementia — ‘they speak nonsense, they’re mad"

They're human beings, not schizophrenics, is what this is saying.

It reminded me of a famous Joe Biden gaffe:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/biden-raci...