I agree. “The Bottom Line” is not formulated as well as it might have been. It is possible to come away with a literal understanding like yours, which is wrong in important respects.
((edited here) There’s no point in discussing what the post “really” means. Its only function is to transmit ideas to readers. People’s understanding of it may be a map, but it’s the map we care about here, more than the territory.)
I agree. “The Bottom Line” is not formulated as well as it might have been. It is possible to come away with a literal understanding like yours, which is wrong in important respects.
((edited here) There’s no point in discussing what the post “really” means. Its only function is to transmit ideas to readers. People’s understanding of it may be a map, but it’s the map we care about here, more than the territory.)