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Explore interpretive charity in MIMS' 'This is Why I'm Hot' through Rob Harvilla's sharp analysis of the song's logical structure.

Written bySean Carroll
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Matthew Yglesias invokes interpretive charity to suggest that MIMS, in the nation's number one single "This is Why I'm Hot," is not guilty of affirming the consequent. In a follow-up analysis, Rob Harvilla in the Village Voice analyzes the logical structure of the song's argument.

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