I’ve gone back and edited again. I’d forgotten how much weight you put on that detail; it seemed strange to me at the time, but since it was part of the original feedback loop, I guess I can see why now—you’d already had lots of time to get angry over that particular detail, and I went and rounded it off to something different.
Silas, not having corrected that really wasn’t intended as a slight, although I see now that you took it that way. At the time, I interpreted it you as trying to deflect the conversation into (what I saw as) a minor detail. (And yes, you did try to tell me it wasn’t minor; I brushed it off as motivated cognition, without properly considering the ramifications).
Silas, not having corrected that really wasn’t intended as a slight, although I see now that you took it that way. At the time, I interpreted it you as trying to deflect the conversation into (what I saw as) a minor detail. (And yes, you did try to tell me it wasn’t minor; I brushed it off as motivated cognition, without properly considering the ramifications).
This is an example of what I meant when I say that many intellectual issues aren’t as obvious as stoplights.
I’ve gone back and edited again. I’d forgotten how much weight you put on that detail; it seemed strange to me at the time, but since it was part of the original feedback loop, I guess I can see why now—you’d already had lots of time to get angry over that particular detail, and I went and rounded it off to something different.
Silas, not having corrected that really wasn’t intended as a slight, although I see now that you took it that way. At the time, I interpreted it you as trying to deflect the conversation into (what I saw as) a minor detail. (And yes, you did try to tell me it wasn’t minor; I brushed it off as motivated cognition, without properly considering the ramifications).
This is an example of what I meant when I say that many intellectual issues aren’t as obvious as stoplights.