[mcphage]

> If that was the author's point, then they totally failed to convey it.

No, they conveyed it fine—because you understood it. You just thought the author didn't.

[lolinder]

That's... a really weird take. If I listen to someone rave about a conspiracy theory and I can see the flaws in their reasoning, does that mean that they meant all along for me to come to the opposite conclusion of what they said?