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The Should-How Fallacy (Or Why “Correct” Isn’t “Useful”)

Derek Gleason December 6, 2020 Get a chicken. Cook it until it’s perfectly done. Reduce the jus to a nice pan sauce. Then finish it with some butter until it has the right balance of flavors. Enjoy. This is a useless recipe, but it’s not wrong. It assumes, however, that accurate advice on what you … Continue reading The Should-How Fallacy (Or Why “Correct” Isn’t “Useful”)