I thought of this while reading Paul’s original post and assumed he knew about it. I guess I should update in the direction of saying obvious things, but I have trouble distinguishing things that are stated explicitly from inferences that I make quickly. (I also have the opposite problem where if something is obviously wrong and reading it doesn’t make me update at all, I don’t notice that the point was made and think that the writer is just asserting something.)
Should I make any other updates? Does anyone have experience with reducing the frequency of this sort of error?
I thought of this while reading Paul’s original post and assumed he knew about it. I guess I should update in the direction of saying obvious things, but I have trouble distinguishing things that are stated explicitly from inferences that I make quickly. (I also have the opposite problem where if something is obviously wrong and reading it doesn’t make me update at all, I don’t notice that the point was made and think that the writer is just asserting something.)
Should I make any other updates? Does anyone have experience with reducing the frequency of this sort of error?