Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland
by xpe on Saturday October 11, 2025 @08:07AM
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> I looked up the word in a few different dictionaries and the top entry aligns more with "subsequent" in every one.
First, I hope you recognize there are other entries other than the first. Multiple entries means there are multiple usages. There can be ambiguity.
In the case of the Apple Dictionary, here is the first:
> 1 (of a time or season) coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking: we'll go next year | next week's parade.
> I looked up the word in a few different dictionaries and the top entry aligns more with "subsequent" in every one.
Wow. You are claiming this resolves ambiguity in general?
You are not the arbiter of what is ambiguous for others. I suggest you should be curious about what makes this ambiguous or confusing rather than post-hoc defining some standard by which things are not ambigous.
First, I hope you recognize there are other entries other than the first. Multiple entries means there are multiple usages. There can be ambiguity.
In the case of the Apple Dictionary, here is the first:
> 1 (of a time or season) coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking: we'll go next year | next week's parade.
> I looked up the word in a few different dictionaries and the top entry aligns more with "subsequent" in every one.
Wow. You are claiming this resolves ambiguity in general?
You are not the arbiter of what is ambiguous for others. I suggest you should be curious about what makes this ambiguous or confusing rather than post-hoc defining some standard by which things are not ambigous.