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The myth often states that water was unsafe to drink, so they drank beer. Suggesting water was never drank. Showing that water was regularly consumed does debun

by kodt 1y ago

The myth often states that water was unsafe to drink, so they drank beer. Suggesting water was never drank. Showing that water was regularly consumed does debunk the myth even if the truth is perhaps in the middle.

like_any_other 1y ago
> Suggesting water was never drank. Sounds like a straw man, or at least a weak man [1], debunked, and then the debunking is falsely applied to the whole category. [1] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/05/12/weak-men-are-superweapons/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/05/12/weak-men-are-superweap...
- kodt 1y ago
  Perhaps, but you often see the myth written as a quick sentence or two before some beer related article. Academics may not be writing that, but lazy writers will repeat it often.
- legitster 1y ago
  Also known as the "no true Scotsman" fallacy.
DonHopkins 1y ago
“It's unpleasantly like being drunk." "What's so unpleasant about being drunk?" "You ask a glass of water.” ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy