Agreed--criticism of this sort vaguely reminds me of criticism of evolution in that it attacks a particular part of the desired target rather than its fundamental assumptions (my apologies to the original poster). Still, I think we should question the Sequences as much as possible, and even misguided criticism can be useful. I'm not saying we should welcome an unending series of top-level posts like this, but I for one would like to see critical essays on of some of LW's most treasured posts. (There goes my afternoon...)