I’ve just cleared a backlog of my belated replies. The reasons for not replying immediately:
It was possible that a proper reply would require extra effort, and it’s wasn’t obvious how to justify not replying at length (uncertainty about the right way of replying, costly wrong decision).
It isn’t clear to me that I’m arguing in good faith, and hence should continue to do so, but it isn’t clear that I don’t, so I can’t justify not arguing either (uncertainty about the right way of replying again).
A proper reply would take a lot of effort (even now I’ve taken a short cut).
I’ve just cleared a backlog of my belated replies. The reasons for not replying immediately:
It was possible that a proper reply would require extra effort, and it’s wasn’t obvious how to justify not replying at length (uncertainty about the right way of replying, costly wrong decision).
It isn’t clear to me that I’m arguing in good faith, and hence should continue to do so, but it isn’t clear that I don’t, so I can’t justify not arguing either (uncertainty about the right way of replying again).
A proper reply would take a lot of effort (even now I’ve taken a short cut).