> You see, there is a prob­lem that I call the “Japanese Sword Fallacy”: The Japanese made the best swords in the world, far better ones than anyone else. They were lighter, yet sturdier than their western counter­parts, sharp like a razor and so forth.

Stopped reading at this point. As the hook of the article is based on a falsehood deeply entrenched in pop culture, I can safely assume the rest is written with the same amount of care.