Even with the "Seems to" qualifier, I am arguing that it "seems not to." That said, I am being pedantic and this is just semantics - I think I understand your

Even with the "Seems to" qualifier, I am arguing that it "seems not to." That said, I am being pedantic and this is just semantics - I think I understand your meaning of "seems to" as something like "'it would appear to' have understanding of..."