Liam Bright

I don’t think it boils down to that, but even if it did why is it a non starter?

You start from a diagnosis: current stuff is sloppy with premises. We need more premises!

You now concede that not all premises are created equal. Some are more salient than others.

I would claim that this translates into "my salience judgments don't match with those of other readers/authors."

That could also be due to the fact that this hypothetical you treats as non-obvious which is glaringly so to others.

Clarification b/c internet: none of this intended ad hominem! :)

Not taken as such, no worries! but it also doesn’t feel like a response to my post, which really wasn’t focused on outlining premises.

I took this as starting point, because from a hermeneutic stance the very idea that readers share assumptions with authors is ill-conceived.