There was a characteristic structure, it turned out, to a piece by Mr. Gopnik. It began, typically, with a flourish. (1) This is what everyone has always thought, on this topic, until this very moment. (2) What everyone has always thought, until this very moment, is incorrect. (3) Here is what I have discovered is, in fact, the case—and present to you here, at this very moment, for the first time, ever.
