kpreid comments on The scourge of perverse-mindedness - Less Wrong
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Do you really assert that it is more often used incorrectly (that the fact is not actually obvious)?
I assert that it ("obviously" in math) is most often used correctly, but that people spend more time experiencing it used incorrectly -- because they spend more time thinking about it when it is not obvious.
No, I guess not.