Can they rush in after the first two words, before you say “not”? Can they enter if they stuff their ears before they hear the final word?

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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    24 hours ago

    Hmm, this was debated already and in this comment they provided a peer reviewed journal article about intent vs language and understanding. It sums things up better than I could. They clearly cared a lot more than me about this.

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      23 hours ago

      The thing with sources is that sometimes it is hard to know how reliable they are, and sometimes they do let you down.

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        9 hours ago

        sometimes they do let you down.

        Some readers might assume a lie, and dissert you.