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gammarator on July 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Malcolm Gladwell's Reponse to the Culturalism Post

It's not the concepts, it's the conflict of interest: We assume Gladwell is telling us the unvarnished truth in a journalistic manner.

You might find Gladwell's disclosure statement (or at least its length) revealing: http://www.gladwell.com/disclosure.html

paulsutter on July 21, 2013 [–]

That's an interesting link. Reading it improved my opinion of Malcolm Gladwell (not easy - I've generally held him in low regard).

Could you point to anything specific in his disclosure that would cast significant doubts on his ability to be objective?

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