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Why does that matter? If being stuck in the past, objectively is better than so be it. We should debate whether the idea has merit on its own, not whether society has moved on from it or not. There are a lot of things we've abandoned that were objectively good and replaced with inferior things.

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There is no objectivly better here though, its entirely subjective.

The fact that the rest of society has moved on is a fairly clear indication that this subjective premise that 2 spaces is in some way better, shows it clearly does not show enough objective benefit to remain in use or it would be common practice in all of society.

edit: a sibling comment has provided links to a study on this, showing there is not statistically significant improvement in reading speeds reinforcing that this formatting is not objectivly better.

Yea I have no idea what’s better or not. I’m not arguing about specifics. I don’t know anything about writing style. That wasn’t the point I was trying to get across.

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