Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Some contributors here are in fact more reserved in their judgment about
> different claims than they appear and simply have a communication style
> that omits all of the careful qualifications one would hope to see.
>

Yup.

When there are doubts about a claim, I like to see one qualification per
message. Start off with something like:

"Assuming the claim is true . . ."

You don't need to keep repeating that. Expressing too many qualifications
or reservations gets in the way of communication.

- Jed

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