I'm just speaking for myself here, but if you say "don't read Freud, read evolutionary psychology instead", I know what you say, and I agree with you. If you just say "don't read Freud", we don't have a communication, just an illusion of transparency.
That is a communication. It suggests that instead of reading Freud you do whatever other things in life that you like to do, including nothing. You can disagree with the communicated recommendation of not reading Freud without a suggested alternative but you cannot (correctly) claim that nothing has been communicated.
See my analogy -- by suggesting that "instead of studying Wright brothers' airplane do whatever other things you like to do, including nothing" something is communicated, but.... I guess I would say I agree denotationally, but I am unable to decipher the connotation, though I feel pretty sure there is one.
Human communication isn't just about communicating, it is also about signalling; in this case signalling loyalty to some virtual tribe, also known as "mindkilling".
Another analogy: If I said repeatedly "don't ever bother listening...
A long time ago, in the colder seasons, I asked for suggestions for a Shit Rationalists Say video. Due to other concerns it took me this long to put it together, and the meme has long since passed. However, here it is.
Shit Rationalists Say
It is my first time in front of a camera, so I'm shakey. But I learned, and there it is.