@mollydot I'm doing a freelance commissioning editor job. The office is a perk. I'm lucky. But I also have room full of crap with computer!
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@PhilosophyExp For later: http://mollydot.livejournal.com/295056.html (long, rambly, and possibly incoherent)
@mollydot You didn't really write that with a principle of charity operating at the forefront of your mind, did you!? :)
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@PhilosophyExp I did try to take it as it was, not judging it by the bits I'd read previously. And pointing out where I couldn't help it. -
@mollydot But a principle of charity requires you criticize the strongest version of what you take to be your opponent's argument, not... -
@PhilosophyExp 2) I wanted to see for myself why people were angry. Too many times I nod along & only see what's wrong when it's pointed out -
@mollydot Right, so maybe 2) explains why it reads - to me - as if you were looking for stuff that was wrong (rather than stuff right). -
@PhilosophyExp Yep. I was. If you've read that far, is my "fuck you" reaction any more comprehensible now? -
@mollydot If you're asking me whether I think it's rationally justified, then no, sorry, I don't. If you're asking if I can see how you...
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@PhilosophyExp You can't be a sceptic if you go around believing everything you read :-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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