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I think you are confused about the post I was referring to: "Um, "best" neccesarily implies a "one or the other" proposition." How can best be interpreted to

• msbarnett 15y ago
  > I think you are confused about the post I was referring to: Whoops. > How can best be interpreted to mean anything other than a one or the other proposition. (Simplified) You said: I think the best thing is X (vs Y). He said: I disagree that this is an either-or proposition. You said: Um, "best" neccesarily implies a "one or the other" proposition He was never confused about the meaning of "best", he just disagreed that it applied. You missed his point by a country mile, and got downvoted accordingly.