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The reason why it's an exception is similarly codifiable. Where normal question-headlines can be quickly fact checked for a definite boolean answer, it's really
by dylangs1030 13y ago
The reason why it's an exception is similarly codifiable. Where normal question-headlines can be quickly fact checked for a definite boolean answer, it's really quite uncertain if we'll ever want to do anything in the future. The headline accepts the uncertainty and explicitly frames it in the title.
If you tried to apply Betteridge's "Try answering 'No' to this headline" rule to a headline with a futuristic question, you can't automatically get a straightforward answer, because we really don't know.
- jacques_chester 13y agoWe can make pretty strong estimates by analogy, given what people are prepared to insert into or have inserted.