Apology for inadvertent pomposity

adam louis stephanides · 24 May 1998, 14:55 · from urth-v0011.mbox · original

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From: adam louis stephanides <astephan at students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: (urth) Apology for inadvertent pomposity
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 14:55:31
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I wrote:

> I wasn't worried about being misquoted.  What did concern me slightly was=20
> the possibility that my conclusions might be given without the reasoning=20
> behind them, making them appear more speculative than they are..

Several hours after posting this, I realized it made me sound as if I
thought that anyone seeing my reasoning would be convinced by it, which
wasn't what I had meant at all.  What I had really been afraid of was that
my ideas would come off as being wild speculations with no basis in the
text; but I hadn't wanted to suggest that Mr. Broderick would treat me in
such a way.  I really should learn to wait before posting.

--Adam

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