You make some good points about the post, but there’s no call for this:
Please consider learning the material before writing about it next time. Maybe read a Sequence or two, can’t hurt, can it?
Jonatas happens to be a rather successful philosophy student, who I think is quite well read in related topics, even if this post needs work. He’s also writing in a second language, which makes it harder to be clear.
Sorry, Carl, I was going by the post’s content, since I don’t know the OP personally. I trust your judgement of his skills in general, maybe you can teach him to write better and assess the quality of the output.
I was giving that background about the specific case in support of the general principle of avoiding making insulting statements, both to avoid poisoning the discourse, and because errors given offense that is rarely outweighed by any pros.
I am not sure what in the statement you quoted you found insulting. That I inferred that he wasn’t well-versed in the material, given the poor quality of the post in question, instead of politely asking if he had, in fact, read the relevant literature?
You make some good points about the post, but there’s no call for this:
Jonatas happens to be a rather successful philosophy student, who I think is quite well read in related topics, even if this post needs work. He’s also writing in a second language, which makes it harder to be clear.
Sorry, Carl, I was going by the post’s content, since I don’t know the OP personally. I trust your judgement of his skills in general, maybe you can teach him to write better and assess the quality of the output.
I was giving that background about the specific case in support of the general principle of avoiding making insulting statements, both to avoid poisoning the discourse, and because errors given offense that is rarely outweighed by any pros.
I am not sure what in the statement you quoted you found insulting. That I inferred that he wasn’t well-versed in the material, given the poor quality of the post in question, instead of politely asking if he had, in fact, read the relevant literature?