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I don’t actually disagree, but ‘must’ seems too strong here. It could mean that they’ve already reached a threshold of comprehension earlier in the current spee
by thom 4y ago
I don’t actually disagree, but ‘must’ seems too strong here. It could mean that they’ve already reached a threshold of comprehension earlier in the current speech, or that they’ve latched on to a pertinent point and don’t care to hear the rest.
- spyke112 4y agoMy wife hates when I do exactly this. It’s extremely hard to change, because it’s so subconcious.
- thom 4y agoI partly blame growing up on IRC for the behaviour - my brain seems to treat all communication as asynchronous. And while I often find myself apologising for the it, I also try and reassure people it's entirely because they said something I found interesting and was responding to it. It is a struggle though!
- jedberg 4y ago> It could mean that they’ve already reached a threshold of comprehension earlier in the current speech I feel like that is a distinction without a difference. If they already comprehend, then haven't they basically predicted the rest? > or that they’ve latched on to a pertinent point and don’t care to hear the rest. This I suppose is a little different, in that they are ignoring the rest, so yeah you're right there, it may not be predictive in that case.