I’m not saying you should (necessarily) believe what I say, just because I say it.
If I’m not going to believe what you say, why even bother saying it in the first place? Isn’t just saying things “a lot of work”, too?
Writing out arguments, and in general, making one’s thought processes transparent, is a lot of work.
Guess what, verifying arguments that haven’t been written out transparently is a lot more work! And it’s often a requirement if what you say is to be useful at all. It is precisely when inferential distances are long that clarifying one’s argument becomes critically important!
If I’m not going to believe what you say, why even bother saying it in the first place? Isn’t just saying things “a lot of work”, too?
Guess what, verifying arguments that haven’t been written out transparently is a lot more work! And it’s often a requirement if what you say is to be useful at all. It is precisely when inferential distances are long that clarifying one’s argument becomes critically important!