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		eynsham on Sept 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook is blocking Canadians’ posts on the assas... This just seems to be a misreading of varying implicit epistemic standards. When I'm in a logic seminar I'm obviously going to mean something different in using unqualified indicatives from when I'm in the pub. I don't thereby commit the sin of having unwarranted certainty when I'm in the pub.

ta8645 on Sept 19, 2023 [–]

We're not in the pub, and we're not drunk. We're adults and can discuss things without resorting to unjustified claims. At least that's my naive hope.

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