• FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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    7 months ago

    That’s the core of my statement, if it’s only 5% then that’s good and we can work with that. If it’s half then something is wrong with what the class thinks.

    • NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      You’re not making any sort of factual statement, you’re making a series of suppositions about people you’ve not met without any underlying evidence or even a firm idea on what problem you say you’re identifying.

      You’re sharing your (uninformed) opinion and expecting others to give it weight.

      • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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        7 months ago

        They’re neither factual statements, nor suppositions. They’re conditional statements.

        This person is stating a fact about the overall landscape of the possible realities.

        IF we ever find ourselves in a situation where 50% of people think they might be autistic, THEN we have a problem with the mentality.

        The word IF removes a clause from the role of assertion.

        The opinion is the entire IF-THEN connection, not any of the clauses inside it.