I suggest that he still holds both of those positions (at least, I know I do so do not see why he wouldn't) but that they apply to slightly different contexts. Eliezer's elaboration in the descendant comments from the first quote seemed to illustrate why fairly well. They also, if I recall, allowed that you do not fit into the 'actually answering is unsophisticated' crowd, which further narrows down just what he is meaning.