Yeah, that makes sense as far as it goes, but I find that humans aren’t consistent about their defaulting rules. For example, if I say “X is right” to someone, there’s no particular reason to believe they’ll unpack it the way I packed it.
That can be all right if all I want to do is align myself with the X-endorsing side… it doesn’t really matter what they understand, then, as long as it’s in favor of X.
But if I want to communicate something more detailed than that, making context explicit is a good habit to get into.
Even with the disadvantage of sometimes coming across as condescending, or even often coming across as condescending to particular people, this is excellent advice.
Yeah, that makes sense as far as it goes, but I find that humans aren’t consistent about their defaulting rules. For example, if I say “X is right” to someone, there’s no particular reason to believe they’ll unpack it the way I packed it.
That can be all right if all I want to do is align myself with the X-endorsing side… it doesn’t really matter what they understand, then, as long as it’s in favor of X.
But if I want to communicate something more detailed than that, making context explicit is a good habit to get into.
Even with the disadvantage of sometimes coming across as condescending, or even often coming across as condescending to particular people, this is excellent advice.