Re:Not Smart Is Not Stupid
by awalGarg on Friday April 15, 2016 @03:34AM
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Excuse my ignorance, but is the second "not" in the title left associative or right?
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I read it as "(not smart) is (not stupid)" and thought the article was going to be about how intelligence is overrated.
I found the title to be difficult and unintuitive to interpret. After starting to read it, I figured this was the intended meaning.
Re:Not Smart Is Not Stupid
by jschwartzi on Friday April 15, 2016 @08:43AM
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I agree with that premise as well.
!smart != stupidNow that you mention it, I don't know. I originally read it as left associative because otherwise it becomes somewhat of a blanket statement.
What caused you to see that; concerns for other English dialects, international/translatation, or something else?
I'm pretty ignorant, but I enjoy trying to misinterpret my own text, which is often easy.
It was either Kernighan or Ritchie that mentioned that every few years they read Strunk & White's Elements of Style to increase their ability to be understood and understand others.
I didn't want to, but I'd admit: I have been spotting ambiguities a lot more since taking NLP classes :) This one actually bothered me enough to ask.