> Groups like the FDA are democratic institutions
> deliberate misreading of the parent comment
> Of course the FDA is not, itself, a democratic instution.
Can't tell if doublethink or just motte-and-bailey.
> deliberate misreading of the parent comment
> Of course the FDA is not, itself, a democratic instution.
Can't tell if doublethink or just motte-and-bailey.
What, if anything, are we supposed to get out of your comment, which seems to question the value of critical reading?
Sneering without reason brings the quality of discussion down on this site. Either substantively disagree or move on.
The point is that its not really relevant to the point they are making, which is that the FDA as an institution has some weird incentives.
> motte-and-bailey.
I'm not familiar with this idiom so I cant say.