Outliers: The Story of Success · chapter 7 · id outliers-c7-06-the-ask-a-korean-blog-2013-pub
“The 'Ask a Korean' blog (2013) published a detailed rebuttal of Gladwell's Korean Air chapter, arguing that Gladwell engaged in 'culturalism' -- using cultural stereotypes to explain what were actually institutional and training failures, and calling the chapter 'a shoddy fraud.'”
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Ask a Korean! blog: Culturalism, Gladwell, and Airplane Crashes (2013)source alive
Even under the most kindly light, Gladwell is guilty of reckless and gross negligence. Under a harsher light, Gladwell's work on the connection between culture and plane crashes is a shoddy fraud.
Ask a Korean! blog: My Thoughts on Gladwell's Responsesource alive
Gladwell would have had difficulty finding a Korean pilot to vet his theory. He quotes a Korean linguist who was observing general features of Korean language, not opining on whether Koreans would maintain propriety when about to die.
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