Comment by spongebobstoes
1 day ago
eliminating ambiguity is impossible. the reader should work to find the strongest interpretation of the writer's words
1 day ago
eliminating ambiguity is impossible. the reader should work to find the strongest interpretation of the writer's words
that’s a lot to expect of readers… good writing needs to give readers every opportunity to find the good in it.
It is a lot to expect of readers... It's also explicitly asked of us in this forum. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
fair point
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