My new comment applies in general—notice that I mentioned “misinterpretations”. If I did this misinterpretation originally it means that probably many other people also did it, and to increase the % of people who interpreted your text correctly you would better have included a paragraph like “Note that this idea is distinct from Moloch, because …”, or “This idea is a spin on some earlier ideas, …”.
I maintain that “readers should read better and decipher and interpret correctly what I’ve written, and if they failed, so it worse for them” is a bad attitude and strategy for academic and philosophical writing (even though it’s widespread in different guises).
Well, I perfectly agree with you then. This is why I’ve never written anything I’d intend to publish in an academic setting nor anything I’d consider to be pure philosophy.
See what I previously wrote, in my opinion you should make an effort to read rather than pattern match to existing concepts.
My new comment applies in general—notice that I mentioned “misinterpretations”. If I did this misinterpretation originally it means that probably many other people also did it, and to increase the % of people who interpreted your text correctly you would better have included a paragraph like “Note that this idea is distinct from Moloch, because …”, or “This idea is a spin on some earlier ideas, …”.
I maintain that “readers should read better and decipher and interpret correctly what I’ve written, and if they failed, so it worse for them” is a bad attitude and strategy for academic and philosophical writing (even though it’s widespread in different guises).
Well, I perfectly agree with you then. This is why I’ve never written anything I’d intend to publish in an academic setting nor anything I’d consider to be pure philosophy.