You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train

Publication Date

7-1-2026

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Volume

49

DOI

10.1017/S0140525X26104798

Abstract

The commentary argues the authors employ misdirection and strawmanning to cast others as polarized extremes and themselves as the reasonable centrists. We argue that these patterns of misrepresentation ultimately damage any consensus and middle ground they claim to hope to reach.

Funding Number

2416183

Funding Sponsor

National Science Foundation

Department

Linguistics and Language Development

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