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"Well, the defendant was clearly present at the time of the crime. It is clear he might have something to do with it, we just don't know to what extent." That
by sulam 8y ago
"Well, the defendant was clearly present at the time of the crime. It is clear he might have something to do with it, we just don't know to what extent."
That statement (unmoored from the climate change context) in its most literal interpretation says something along the lines of "the range of possibilities is from 0 to 100". I don't accept that 0 is in the distribution, and will not agree with any statement that can be most literally interpreted in that way. Maybe that's not what you meant, it sounds like it's not -- so great, problem solved. But as written, that is the most literal reading.
- ThomPete 8y agoReading anything online, without knowing the person, literally, sounds like exactly the problem with most online debates. Instead of inquiring about what was meant you just assumed. Perhaps we should start with giving other the benefit of the doubt rather than just having "your criteria" without any context especially when you actually got quite a lot of context that would indicate it wasn't at all the case.