OHHH! I just clicked that “this” in “this is important” is that it’s the mechanism/motivation that’s important to you, not the wrongness. Not “Alice is wrong on an important topic in an influential way”, but “Alice is wrong in a systematic way, regardless of the importance of the topic or the distance from the truth”.
Still not sure why “Alice is wrong” isn’t a strict superset of the issue, and sufficient motivation to dig further into reasons and corrections if it matters.
FWIW, “Alice is systematically wrong [and/or poorly justified] [about X thing]” came to mind as a thing that I think would make me sit up and take note, while having the right implications.
Different situations might call for the wrongness or the rationalization being more important, but it’s the rationalization that’s slippery-er and makes it harder to talk about.
I edited the post slightly to try and make this more clear – glad you noticed the miscommunication and said so concretely.
OHHH! I just clicked that “this” in “this is important” is that it’s the mechanism/motivation that’s important to you, not the wrongness. Not “Alice is wrong on an important topic in an influential way”, but “Alice is wrong in a systematic way, regardless of the importance of the topic or the distance from the truth”.
Still not sure why “Alice is wrong” isn’t a strict superset of the issue, and sufficient motivation to dig further into reasons and corrections if it matters.
FWIW, “Alice is systematically wrong [and/or poorly justified] [about X thing]” came to mind as a thing that I think would make me sit up and take note, while having the right implications.
Different situations might call for the wrongness or the rationalization being more important, but it’s the rationalization that’s slippery-er and makes it harder to talk about.
I edited the post slightly to try and make this more clear – glad you noticed the miscommunication and said so concretely.