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Excuse my ignorance, but is the second "not" in the title left associative or right?

• shiift 11y ago
  Now that you mention it, I don't know. I originally read it as left associative because otherwise it becomes somewhat of a blanket statement.
• bcook 11y ago
  What caused you to see that; concerns for other English dialects, international/translatation, or something else? I'm pretty ignorant, but I enjoy trying to misinterpret my own text, which is often easy. It was either Kernighan or Ritchie that mentioned that every few years they read Strunk & White's Elements of Style to increase their ability to be understood and understand others.
  • awalGarg 11y ago
    I didn't want to, but I'd admit: I have been spotting ambiguities a lot more since taking NLP classes :) This one actually bothered me enough to ask.
• biot 11y ago
  I read it as "(not smart) is (not stupid)" and thought the article was going to be about how intelligence is overrated.
  • Anthony-G 11y ago
    I found the title to be difficult and unintuitive to interpret. After starting to read it, I figured this was the intended meaning.
  • jschwartzi 11y ago
    I agree with that premise as well.
• greggyb 11y ago
  !smart != stupid
• tenkabuto 11y ago
  What do you mean by left or right associative, and which would mean which: `!= stupid` or `= !stupid`?