Actually she does start by explicitly saying This post explains how I cured my social anxiety in three minutes. Of course again, as I said above you likely have no mental model in which that fits. When there’s no mental model where that’s a sensible thing to say, it’s natural to read a post like Brienne’s as saying something else.
Actually she does start by explicitly saying [...]
Yes, indeed she does. And it makes an effective headline, in the same sort of way as “10 Cute Kitten Pictures! What happened next in #7 will shock you and restore your faith in humanity!” does (but for a somewhat different audience).
As for your repeated attempts (I think we’re up to maybe five in the last few weeks) to pull the “of course your criticisms needn’t be taken seriously because you just don’t have the mental equipment to understand” move, see e.g. this.
Actually she does start by explicitly saying
This post explains how I cured my social anxiety in three minutes. Of course again, as I said above you likely have no mental model in which that fits. When there’s no mental model where that’s a sensible thing to say, it’s natural to read a post like Brienne’s as saying something else.Yes, indeed she does. And it makes an effective headline, in the same sort of way as “10 Cute Kitten Pictures! What happened next in #7 will shock you and restore your faith in humanity!” does (but for a somewhat different audience).
As for your repeated attempts (I think we’re up to maybe five in the last few weeks) to pull the “of course your criticisms needn’t be taken seriously because you just don’t have the mental equipment to understand” move, see e.g. this.