@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 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...
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@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 1) I was writing that as I read. I didn't know what his argument was when I started. -
@mollydot Well, it seems to me you read it assuming from the start that his intentions were not good. Is that not the case?
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@PhilosophyExp I think for my own thinking development, I need to concentrate on being more critical for now. -
@mollydot Fair enough. It's a good skill.
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