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A running joke in law school was “lawyers are bad at math, so who cares if I am innumerate?” which, in light of your translation is pretty alarming.

• bmitc 3y ago
  As someone with a background in mathematics that had to deal with lawyers, regarding something as mundane as buying a house, I would say that they indeed do not operate on logic and reasoning. I mean no personal offense, since you mention you attended law school. It was just very eye opening how much of a constructed language lawyers speak. In dealing with contracts, I found that the contract itself was effectively meaningless. The important part were its interpretations and what could be litigated or not, mainly set by precedent. It was such that no application of logic and reason could be applied to the contract. Not to mention, I had to correct several mistakes in the contract.
  • singleshot_ 3y ago
    It’s ok; the only way to offend me is subject-verb disagreement. And anyway, I also have a degree in math, which is why I find the constant “I’m a lawyer it’s ok that I can barely count” particularly amusing.
    • bmitc 3y ago
      Then you're one of the good ones!