Returning to the frame of evidence strength: part of the reason for this sort of norm is that it lets the listener decide how much evidence “person says X” gives about “X”, rather than the claimant making that decision on everybody else’ behalf and then trying to propagate their conclusion.
This is a good norm. Sideways of this point, though, it seems to me that it’d be good to note both “it’s confused to say X” and also “but there’s a straightforward recovery Y of the main point, which some people find convincing and others don’t.”
This is a good norm. Sideways of this point, though, it seems to me that it’d be good to note both “it’s confused to say X” and also “but there’s a straightforward recovery Y of the main point, which some people find convincing and others don’t.”