Oh That Kind of ‘Adopt’
So, about those puzzling issues to do with what B&W’s basic commitments are and how one goes about figuring stuff out – I’ve had a chance to discuss them with JS now and it turns out we don’t disagree all that much and that he wasn’t saying quite what I thought he was. It all turns – as I said in a comment but didn’t make enough of – on the word ‘adopt’. I thought he meant adopt as in ‘decide to believe’, but he meant not ‘believe’ but ‘act as if I believe’ – which is a whole different thing, as we said in those comments. So that clears that up!
There are some interesting issues involved, which I want to ponder a little, but I also want some fresh air and abrupt violent movement, so I’ll ponder later. The weather forecast says it’s going to be 87 here today. ? Is that possible? In mid-May? I object. I don’t like that kind of thing in mid-July, but I realize I have to put up with it, but in mid-May? No. Weather forecast says it will be in the 80s all week. This is not right.
We did that joke. Try harder.
Where I live 87 off 100 makes 13 not 15. But of course all these things are soooo relative….
Thanks, GT, very useful and interesting. Next time you email me for help with finding an article, I won’t waste my time and effort answering.
For everyday use, Farenheit suits me. 70 is pleasant, 80 is warm, 90 is bloody hot and 100 is seek shelter. Works for me.
Seriously, GT, work on your manners. Here’s a newsflash: I’m an American; Fahrenheit is what I get in weather forecasts; I’m not going to translate it for you. I’ll never get back the ten minutes I spent answering your email yesterday, and you couldn’t even be bothered to say thanks. Put that into Centigrade.