I disagree. I praised the addition of the personal as one of the major strengths of the book as compared to other histories of the fandom. In fact, the exact quote is "This personal aspect is the major strength of the book."
The truth of the matter is that the faith chapter is hardly the most personal chapter. It just is one of the personal chapters. And while you can talk about reading spirit as motivation or drive, that is not how it was used in that chapter.
You also bring up a false dichotomy. There is no need to trade off personal stories against accuracy. Personal stories can be accurate and in most cases they are. I did not hate a personal chapter for being personal, I disliked the chapter for an unquestioning acceptance of beliefs with no evidence to support them and that go against our scientific knowledge of how the world works.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
I disagree. I praised the addition of the personal as one of the major strengths of the book as compared to other histories of the fandom. In fact, the exact quote is "This personal aspect is the major strength of the book."
The truth of the matter is that the faith chapter is hardly the most personal chapter. It just is one of the personal chapters. And while you can talk about reading spirit as motivation or drive, that is not how it was used in that chapter.
You also bring up a false dichotomy. There is no need to trade off personal stories against accuracy. Personal stories can be accurate and in most cases they are. I did not hate a personal chapter for being personal, I disliked the chapter for an unquestioning acceptance of beliefs with no evidence to support them and that go against our scientific knowledge of how the world works.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~