Once or twice I’ve wound up in an exchange where, as far as I can tell, I and my correspondent both held the same position on a subject, but they seemed to think I was disagreeing with them. I think this is especially hazardous in an environment where people pose hypotheticals, counterfactuals and thought experiments as a matter of course.
Once or twice I’ve wound up in an exchange where, as far as I can tell, I and my correspondent both held the same position on a subject, but they seemed to think I was disagreeing with them. I think this is especially hazardous in an environment where people pose hypotheticals, counterfactuals and thought experiments as a matter of course.