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glatt · 06-09-2009, 08:24 AM

This article is obvious and dumb. It invents unlikely scenarios to make its point. This is the definition of a strawman argument and doesn't belong in a scientific journal.

I take the train to work every day. It's always packed like sardines. I walk on sidewalks on either end of my commute, and see all the cars on the road. Virtually all of them contain the driver and no passengers. This has been my experience for 18 years of commuting in this city.

Ask yourself if you drive to work in a full car, or alone, and then apply your personal experience to this moronic article. I'm telling you the trains I take are full.

06-09-2009, 08:24 AM	#228
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This article is obvious and dumb. It invents unlikely scenarios to make its point. This is the definition of a strawman argument and doesn't belong in a scientific journal. I take the train to work every day. It's always packed like sardines. I walk on sidewalks on either end of my commute, and see all the cars on the road. Virtually all of them contain the driver and no passengers. This has been my experience for 18 years of commuting in this city. Ask yourself if you drive to work in a full car, or alone, and then apply your personal experience to this moronic article. I'm telling you the trains I take are full.