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If someone says that "x" lies inside "y", doesn't that mean it is possible for "x" to lie outside "y" too (like 90% lies inside y, and 10% lies outside y)?
How about if someone says that "x" lies only inside "y", that would mean that it is not possible for "x" to lie outside "y" right?
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If someone says that "x" lies inside "y", doesn't that mean it is possible for "x" to lie outside "y" too (like 90% lies inside y, and 10% lies outside y)? Well, that is kind of moving the goalposts. If someone says that "x lies inside y" and nothing more, then we assume that there are no exceptions.
- If someone says that "x" lies inside "y", doesn't that mean it is possible for "x" to lie outside "y" too (like 90% lies inside y, and 10% lies outside y)?
- Well, that is kind of moving the goalposts.
- If someone says that "x lies inside y" and nothing more, then we assume that there are no exceptions.
- If there are exceptions then they must be stated at the same time.
- How about if someone says that "x" lies only inside "y", that would mean that it is not possible for "x" to lie outside "y" right?
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If someone says that "x" lies inside "y", doesn't that mean it is possible for "x" to lie outside "y" too (like 90% lies inside y, and 10% lies outside y)?
Well, that is kind of moving the goalposts. If someone says that "x lies inside y" and nothing more, then we assume that there are no exceptions. If there are exceptions then they must be stated at
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