alt Hacker News99.9% of people understood that sentence to be correct, in the spirit in which it was written. Yet there are people who don't, but we still wouldn't say the sentence is false.
99.9% of people understood that sentence to be correct, in the spirit in which it was written. Yet there are people who don't, but we still wouldn't say the sentence is false.
> but we still wouldn't say the sentence is false.
Yes "we" do. It's false. It's false not because it's a lie but because it's very poorly worded and under specified. Inside of a work attempting to communicate a highly specific idea it's a genuine mistake. It invites ambiguity and misunderstanding.
> 99.9% of people
Good for them. What's the point here? Are you attempting to bully me by suggesting I'm not part of your crowd?
> in the spirit in which it was written.
Uh huh. And what spirit are you writing in?