In conversations like this, both sides are confused,
Nod. I did actually consider a more accurate version of the comment that said something like “at least one of us is at least somewhat confused about something”, but by the time we got to this comment I was just trying to disengage while saying the things that seemed most important to wrap up with.
Nod. I did actually consider a more accurate version of the comment that said something like “at least one of us is at least somewhat confused about something” [...]
The clarification doesn’t address what I was talking about, or else disagrees with my point, so I don’t see how that can be characterised with a “Nod”. The confusion I refer to is about what the other means, with the question of whether anyone is correct about the world irrelevant. And this confusion is significant on both sides, otherwise a conversation doesn’t go off the rails in this way. Paying attention to truth is counterproductive when intended meaning is not yet established, and you seem to be talking about truth, while I was commenting about meaning.
Hmm. Well I am now somewhat confused what you mean. Say more? (My intention was for ‘at least one of us is confused’ to be casting a fairly broad net that included ‘confused about the world’, or ‘confused about what each other meant by our words’, or ‘confused… on some other level that I couldn’t predict easily.’)
Nod. I did actually consider a more accurate version of the comment that said something like “at least one of us is at least somewhat confused about something”, but by the time we got to this comment I was just trying to disengage while saying the things that seemed most important to wrap up with.
The clarification doesn’t address what I was talking about, or else disagrees with my point, so I don’t see how that can be characterised with a “Nod”. The confusion I refer to is about what the other means, with the question of whether anyone is correct about the world irrelevant. And this confusion is significant on both sides, otherwise a conversation doesn’t go off the rails in this way. Paying attention to truth is counterproductive when intended meaning is not yet established, and you seem to be talking about truth, while I was commenting about meaning.
Hmm. Well I am now somewhat confused what you mean. Say more? (My intention was for ‘at least one of us is confused’ to be casting a fairly broad net that included ‘confused about the world’, or ‘confused about what each other meant by our words’, or ‘confused… on some other level that I couldn’t predict easily.’)