Alfred, to be frank, your article is unclear and poorly written. Dagon, for example, thinks the political/non-political examples matter. They think that partly because your article is unclear. You should take more seriously their confusion as what-not-to-do in the future. Write with greater clarity.
I think you write unclearly on semi-intentional purpose. Your communication strategy seems to be: write something unclear, then explain why the audience (in this case commenters) misunderstood you. That’s how you responded to Christian, to Dagon, and to Big Steve.
I think you are wrong about epistemic stalling, but you’ve only explained why I misunderstood what you said. That’s a non-sequitur response on your part.
Consider your red/purple/fuschia example you gave to Dagon. What truthseeking activity is going on in the example? They are trying to figure out which color pops? That’s a silly way to interpret their conversation. They’re trying to decide which colors to wear—that’s not a truthseeking activity.
Also, after further thought, isn’t calling out the identity issue about “argon” and “Big Steve” epistemic stalling? Here we are, you and I, engaged in a truthseeking activity & you offer an objection easily refuted given enough time. How isn’t that epistemic stalling?
argon, please use a consistent name across all media. if I had known this Big Steve account was you, it would have saved me a lot of time.
Why should it matter who Big Steve is?
Alfred, to be frank, your article is unclear and poorly written. Dagon, for example, thinks the political/non-political examples matter. They think that partly because your article is unclear. You should take more seriously their confusion as what-not-to-do in the future. Write with greater clarity.
I think you write unclearly on semi-intentional purpose. Your communication strategy seems to be: write something unclear, then explain why the audience (in this case commenters) misunderstood you. That’s how you responded to Christian, to Dagon, and to Big Steve.
I think you are wrong about epistemic stalling, but you’ve only explained why I misunderstood what you said. That’s a non-sequitur response on your part.
Consider your red/purple/fuschia example you gave to Dagon. What truthseeking activity is going on in the example? They are trying to figure out which color pops? That’s a silly way to interpret their conversation. They’re trying to decide which colors to wear—that’s not a truthseeking activity.
Also, after further thought, isn’t calling out the identity issue about “argon” and “Big Steve” epistemic stalling? Here we are, you and I, engaged in a truthseeking activity & you offer an objection easily refuted given enough time. How isn’t that epistemic stalling?