You ' re right . Most ideas should be considered , but ones such as extinction should , especially , be considered apart from the person advocating them and , moreover , the person considering them , which is an impossible ideal , but one to hold in princple as a check on one ' s self . This is because , regardless of the merit of an idea , there will be a tendency to psychologically project the minds of the writer and reader into the situation , not to mention contextualizing the problem within the context of one ' s culture , which is going to have who knows how many unconscious effects . McPherson isn ' t the issue here . It ' s our entire approach to complex existential problems that needs to be addressed . <| sep |> no you couldn ' t . your entire country sucks at sports .