[dolmen]

Because it was him... 10 months ago?

[dijksterhuis]

it's still weird. if i'm talking about something i wrote 10 months ago i'd say something like, "when i originally wrote this i was trying to say ...".

not "when the author wrote this, he was trying to say"

[xeonmc]

Maybe it's because the author is a mathematician.

[saghm]

saghm still thought this was a weird explanation when he wrote this comment