Yes, very much that. I just suspect you're being coy when making blanket statements like the OP that you know requires a bucketload of interpretation to evaluate and I sorta want to call you out on it 
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Ah… what would be a better approach, do you think?
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Depends on what you're trying to do exactly, doesn't it? I think most people confronted with the assertion that the world doesn't make sense would take the wrong message from it. I did when I first read your stuff.
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Ah, that’s interesting. What’s the wrong message, and how can I communicate the right one more effectively, or prevent the misunderstanding?
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Replying to @Meaningness @reasonisfun
In my mind the wrong message would be that there is no reality out there and it's all in our minds, or that all knowledge is completely subjective (everything equally valid) and other such boogeymen.
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Yes, this is an expositional problem. There’s 200 years of people (Romantics) saying rationalism is wrong for reasons X. I explicitly reject that analysis, and say rationalism is wrong for reasons Y, which are unfamiliar to rationalists (although not unique to me).
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I need to prevent the misunderstanding that I’m just reiterating the tired wrong arguments X. The Eggplant attempts that by devoting the introduction to saying how great rationality is, and how it’s under threat, and that strengthening it is critical. Will that be enough?
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There’s a kind of law that no amount of rhetorical positioning is sufficient to preclude a misunderstanding among those inclined to it, particularly when the misunderstanding is strong attractor in cognitive space.
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"It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood." (Karl Popper)
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That's certainly true, but I'm going further to speak even of the likelihood of misunderstanding.
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Yes… the “nearby cognitive attractor” dynamic is key here probably!
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