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