"Tacitly or explicitly." If you doubt what I have stated, then please feel free to read the article again. As some of us say, "You need data, but this is my life." I don't know you, so I can't accuse you of being part of this "broad generalization," but I suspect that it not only applies to you but that you also know others to whom it applies. What caused you to examine the essay in the first place? You were looking for a challenge, methinks. I realize that 1,000 + "claps" does not mean that the author is correct, but they stand for some truth that readers recognize.