Cihan_Baran comments on Rationality and the English Language - Less Wrong
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Yay! And I am honored that my mentioning of Orwell's essay lead you to discus it!
I am not quite sure I agree with this, however,:"Whatever the audience thinks you said is what you said, whether you meant to say it or not; you can't argue with the audience no matter how clever your justifications."
Doesn't this make misunderstanding or misinterpretation -just by definition- impossible? I do think misinterpretation is a genuine possibility.
Also, you left out the good bit in your Orwell quote (probably to shorten the length):