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1 you use 1 2 (or even 3) you use "a couple" A few is almost always > 3 and one could argue that upper limit 15 So, 10 years to 50 years
by zooq_ai 2y ago
1 you use 1
2 (or even 3) you use "a couple"
A few is almost always > 3 and one could argue that upper limit 15
So, 10 years to 50 years
- fvv 2y agoYou imply that he knows exactly when which imo is not and could even be next year for what we knows.. Who know every paper yet to be published??
- ben_w 2y agoPersonally speaking, above 10 thousand I'd switch to saying "a few tens of thousands". But the mere fact you say 15 is arguable does indeed broaden the range, just as me saying 1 broadens it in the opposite extent.
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- usaar333 2y agofew is not > 3. Literally it's just >= 2, though I think >= 3 is the common definition. 15 is too high to be a "few" except in contexts of a few out of tens of thousands of items. Realistically I interpret this as 3-7 thousands of days (8 to 19 years), which is largely consensus prediction range anyway.
- rsynnott 2y agoWhile it's not really _wrong_ to describe two things as 'a few', as such, it's unusual and people don't really do it in standard English. That said, I think people are possibly overanalysing this very vague barely-even-a-claim just a little. Realistically, when a tech company makes a vague claim about what'll happen in 10 years, that should be given precisely zero weight; based on historical precedent you might as well ask a magic 8-ball.