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Being neuro-atypical, I understand the desire to be "technically correct, the best kind of correct". It would be so much better if we used each word for their e
by BiteCode_dev 4y ago
Being neuro-atypical, I understand the desire to be "technically correct, the best kind of correct". It would be so much better if we used each word for their exact meaning.
But that's not how most human communication work. When people say "I cannot come tomorrow", they usually don't mean they can't. If you gave them one billion dollars to come, chances are they would.
This is a fairly common convention, and most people in the English language are using this approximation and assumption.
You can chose to ignore it of course.
I consider I've done my part in this conversation, and wish you a nice day.
- stale2002 4y agoSo then since relations have been normalized, no there would not be significant consequences to them engaging in trade, so it would be mean that yes they can trade. Using the definition that you gave, yes they would be able to trade, because many of those bad consequences of trading have gone away.
- trebbble 4y ago> But that's not how most human communication work. It's not even how it can work. See the Malicious Genie problem for a memorable demonstration of the fundamental problem. Chasing "precision" beyond what's necessary tends to harm communication, not aid it. Norms and context are super-important.