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This is endemic to language, sadly. Descriptive can read the same as explanatory. Or justification. Or causative, as is most applicable to this story. You c
by taeric 2y ago
This is endemic to language, sadly. Descriptive can read the same as explanatory. Or justification. Or causative, as is most applicable to this story.
You can see this easily with how hard it is to describe crime as high in some places without sounding like you are explaining that crime is high because of the area.
And, no doubt, often this is purposely blurred by people that are bad actors and do have bad intentions. It doesn't help the underlying difficulties to push them as hard as they have been pushed recently.
- interludead 2y agoThis underscoring the need for careful and responsible communication in this field
- taeric 2y agoI've tried arguing for this in near all fields. My personal view is that most misunderstandings out there fall into traps that can be described this way. It sucks, as motivated reasoning can often be a huge culprit where you interpret a sentence in whichever of those forms fits your reasoning the best. This is also why "charity" in conversation is generally a good thing. People can literally hear the same thing, but come away with different meanings. I'd love if education focused more on this. I'm hoping it does, and I just don't remember it?