[throw4847285]

The problem with these theories is that they fall apart as soon as you start adding or modifying the types. Because they aren't actually correct, just simple and flattering.

[the_af]

I think it'd be more accurate to say that in their neat essay form they are incorrect/incomplete, but that there's a kernel of truth to them.

Essays like this want to package an idea into a nice, easy to understand thing that has some punch to it. Reality is more complex.