[MD] Taking Words Seriously

[Matt Kundert]

Hi Dave,

DMB said:
The post was aimed at Matt and the ideal reader is basically a 
device whereby you project your own standards of excellence onto 
a fictional reader and then write for him.

Matt:
Now that you mention it again, I wasn't quite sure what you were 
meaning to convey to me by writing about the ideal reader.  Was it 
to say that you understand now what I had meant about amateur 
philosophers beginning by introspecting about their own standards?  
Was it a signal of agreement?

Matt