I mean, it’s easy to say “good scholarship beats one bad example”. It’s clearly true.
But compare “bad scholarship vs bad example”. Which is more useful?
Or: “good scholarship vs good example”? Which is more useful?
Think of sex. A virgin who is a scholar vs someone with minimal but good sexual experience.
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But I’m not knocking good scholarship. Neither is op, but bad scholarship.
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