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I think your own biases are muddying your interpretation. Mixing if and when is a very common linguistic quirk. Consider: "How do I know when to go to the emer

I think your own biases are muddying your interpretation. Mixing if and when is a very common linguistic quirk. Consider: "How do I know when to go to the emergency room?" The word "when" here is discussing circumstance, aka "whether", not the calendar.

logicalmonster 3y ago
> Mixing if and when is a very common linguistic quirk. If this was a casual blog post or something, I think you'd have a fair counterpoint that would muddy the waters sufficiently. But this is published in a renowned scientific journal. Every word choice should be carefully chosen, and it's fair game to critique it as such.
- BugsJustFindMe 3y ago
  > Every word choice should be carefully chosen In a parallel universe words only ever have a single meaning and nobody ever misinterprets anything, but not in this one. > and it's fair game to critique it as such Ambiguity was not the given critique, so this statement is both true on its own and also in context a giant nonsequitur. It's not their fault that when assessing members of the response set for "when" you neglect to consider "never".