It's a kind of shared fiction of an imaginary person's thinking, really. The author writes "now, I know what you must be thinking", and hopes the reader will agree "OK, close enough".
> It's a kind of shared fiction of an imaginary person's thinking, really
That is the best way I’ve seen anyone put into words what I feel about those types of theses
> It's a kind of shared fiction of an imaginary person's thinking, really
That is the best way I’ve seen anyone put into words what I feel about those types of theses