> A: "Most people consider it an objective fact that Russia is a current geopolitical enemy to the US, it does some wacky shit, therefore if a foreign governmen

> A: "Most people consider it an objective fact that Russia is a current geopolitical enemy to the US, it does some wacky shit, therefore if a foreign government is committing shenanigans there's a chance it's Russia." And that chance is: "probably", where "probably" means it is "basically" a fact. (Specific example: the same historic evidence of Russian trolls/hackers is regularly re-used as proof of new accusations, if any evidence is even provided that is.) And any challenge to the claim? "Pedantic." (or: silence, highly predictable memes, insults, deflection, etc - ChatGPT would know better than me) > Believing A does not imply B. There are (at least) two kinds of imply (and "does not" for that matter): - the correct, literal, logically perfect interpretation (typically (depends on the claim, of course) "pedantic" and not allowed) - the colloquial/experiential interpretation (the right way to interpret it, that is probably correct) > The parent-poster isn't being vague because the answer is obvious-and-accepted... they're being vague because they want to push the "foreign enemies in our colleges" meme without giving the audience any handles for critical-thinking. What version of "is/isn't" is being used here: literal, or colloquial? :) https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/magazine/the-unbelievable-skepticism-of-the-amazing-randi.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/magazine/the-unbelievable...